Japan isn't really a weekend trip either, is it? Better food though.
There's a direct flight from Newark that taks 6-8 hours. So from the East Coast it's not really much further than cross-USA. But of course you'd have to do both. So yeah, in a weekend you could only fly here, hang out for about a day, and fly back.
If you know what you want to do in England (and have the vacation time), I would take a week, fly out on the Friday, hang out here for the weekend, and visit elsewhere in England the rest of the time. If you get a 4-day rail pass (have to get this in the US beforehand), you could go to London for two-three days, and visit a couple of additional cities or areas. on the way back.
June and July have the best weather, August is rainier in Edinburgh but is when the festival is (but it's much less clear what I'll be doing then). Weather elsewhere in Britain varies widely.
Also, if you do visit, remember that Britain (the island) is the *disjoint* union of Scotland and England (the countries).
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There's a direct flight from Newark that taks 6-8 hours. So from the East Coast it's not really much further than cross-USA. But of course you'd have to do both. So yeah, in a weekend you could only fly here, hang out for about a day, and fly back.
If you know what you want to do in England (and have the vacation time), I would take a week, fly out on the Friday, hang out here for the weekend, and visit elsewhere in England the rest of the time. If you get a 4-day rail pass (have to get this in the US beforehand), you could go to London for two-three days, and visit a couple of additional cities or areas. on the way back.
June and July have the best weather, August is rainier in Edinburgh but is when the festival is (but it's much less clear what I'll be doing then). Weather elsewhere in Britain varies widely.
Also, if you do visit, remember that Britain (the island) is the *disjoint* union of Scotland and England (the countries).