Anyone from Scotland?

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It's more complicated. To put it mildly.

Short version is that after a lot of fighting in the Middle Ages, the crowns of England (and Ireland, as was) and Scotland were united when King James VI (bad guy) of Scotland succeeded to the English (and Irish) throne after Queen Elizabeth I died. Subsequently (ignoring Cromwell (bad guy), the Glorious Revolution and the Jacobite rebellions for simplicity's sake) the countries were - after several attempts - formerly united by the Treaty of Union in 1707. The Treaty was (probably; it depends on your point of view) of more benefit to England than to Scotland, but the countries have been united by it for the last three hundred years.

So the West Highland White Terrier from Argyll area? Could I visit Argyll from Edinburgh within a day tour? I wonder if they give tours from Edinburgh to Argyll via bus?

I'm not sure if there are regular tours from Edinburgh to Argyll but you can get to its main towns from there in about 3 or 4 hours.Depending on which place you visit,this could be by bus or train and perhaps a ferry as well,being that Argyll covers about 2500 square miles and is partly on the mainland with peninsulas and islands as well.The town of Oban on the mainland can be reached directly from Edinburgh by bus or via Glasgow by train. The town of Dunoon (which used to be the hub for Holy Loch US Naval base and still has some Americans who decided to stay behind) is on a peninsula and can be reached via train from Glasgow then a short ferry journey from Gourock on the mainland's west coast.

This would be about 10 minutes' walk. I'd definitely recommend staying in the centre of Edinburgh near to everything - it's what I'd do when staying in cities - from the airport that means getting a bus in and out all the time.

Check this out: Grayline Scotland

Once in Edinburgh, you can book on to one of their tours. This one takes in locations in Argyll on Day Three (Oban, Loch Awe, Inveraray, Loch Lomond).

Thanks.

Keeno, how did you put in the link to the Grayline tour without including www. ??

Also I always thought United Kingdom, UK meant ONLY England. So during the Olympics I see the UK flag, that person can be from Scotland, Northern Ireland or England? Great Britain considered England then? For example, I was looking at the Winter Olympics 2010 at Vancouver and didn't see Scotland at all. I saw Ireland and Great Britain. I never see Scotland in any Olympics. Is Great Britain in Olympics means people from Scotland, Northern Ireland, England?

Also about the catholic church near the Sheraton.
28 Lauriston Street
Lauriston
Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland? Would Lauriston be a town within Edinburgh?

Similar to

New York City, New York
Bronx, Queens, etc?

It's understandable there is some confusion because in the sporting world the UK/Great Britain is unique. In the Olympic Games and wherever the name Great Britain appears,the team is open to members from England,Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland. The British flag is made up of the blue saltire of Scotland,the red cross of England and the red saltire of Ireland (nowadays I think those from Northern Ireland are usually welcome to choose whether they wish to compete for Britain or the republic of Ireland)
In many other sports however,notably football(soccer) and rugby the 4 nations that make up the United Kingdom (of Great Britain) & Northern Ireland all compete separately.That's why in the World Cup recently it was genuinely 'England' who played the USA,the other
British teams having failed to qualify for the final tournament.The English supporters quite rightly prefer to fly their own white and red flag rather than the UK one.Incidentally the 'Kingdom' in the UK refers to the once separate kingdoms of England and Scotland being united since the 17th century.

Regarding Lauriston,Keeno could probably tell you more but as far as I know it's just a small district,albeit a historic one,within Edinburgh city centre.Nothing in comparison to the size of the Bronx or Queens !

Actually, I've never heard of Lauriston being the name of a district of Edinburgh as such, let alone a town which it certainly never had been.... more just the name of a street. It would probably come within the Tollcross area.

You can post URL's without the "www" by clicking the globe item above the post when you're posting, so there's a tip.

Thanks.

I'm going on a trip to Edinburgh in September to visit my father. Are there any Aspie groups in the area that I can visit?

I don't live in Scotland but I'd definitely like to go visit there someday and the whole UK in general. I'm of Scottish decent so I think it's be cool to see the land where my ancestors are from

Thanks for the suggestions for Scotland, but I decided not to travel there or anywhere else outside of the US. I rather travel along the east coast closer to home. I have an illness where traveling would make it difficult. I hope someday I can travel overseas and enjoy it.

Edinburgh and Lothians Asperger Society... meets every month and has a social event every month, and hopefully you will catch one of these during your say. PM'ing you with further details.