Went on a tour of the capital city today! It's about 45 miles away from Glasgow, and it took us about an hour by bus to get there. The country we drove through looked surprisingly like Minnesota to me. Lots of rolling hills, little creeks, patches of forest. And sheep. Lots and lots of sheep. Baaaa. Edinburgh is a really pretty city. Very old and architecturally lovely. The two above pictures are just random pictures of the city. Nothing in particular. Here is a picture of where we went to lunch.
And here is what I got while there.
After lunch, we walked up The Royal Mile (a long road), which ends at the Edinburgh Castle.
I also stopped by St. Giles Cathedral, which was stunning.
Finally, we stopped by the Elephant's House coffee shop, which is where J.K. Rowling began writing Harry Potter. I got a coffee there, just to say I did. :)
Very fun and interesting day. We had a tour guide with us for most of the day, and she spouted off a lot of cool facts about the city (which of course, I can no longer remember). I hope to get back over there again at some point. There are a few places I would like to see again, and a lot of other places I didn't get to see this time. I would also like to go into the castle at some point. And there is a huge hill (an inactive volcano, to be exact!) I would like to climb up. Apparently it offers great views of the city. Tonight is going to be a very low-key night. I think I walked close to 10 miles today. Ouchie.
Went on a tour of the capital city today! It's about 45 miles away from Glasgow, and it took us about an hour by bus to get there. The country we drove through looked surprisingly like Minnesota to me. Lots of rolling hills, little creeks, patches of forest. And sheep. Lots and lots of sheep. Baaaa. Edinburgh is a really pretty city. Very old and architecturally lovely. The two above pictures are just random pictures of the city. Nothing in particular. Here is a picture of where we went to lunch.
And here is what I got while there.
After lunch, we walked up The Royal Mile (a long road), which ends at the Edinburgh Castle.
I also stopped by St. Giles Cathedral, which was stunning.
Finally, we stopped by the Elephant's House coffee shop, which is where J.K. Rowling began writing Harry Potter. I got a coffee there, just to say I did. :)
Very fun and interesting day. We had a tour guide with us for most of the day, and she spouted off a lot of cool facts about the city (which of course, I can no longer remember). I hope to get back over there again at some point. There are a few places I would like to see again, and a lot of other places I didn't get to see this time. I would also like to go into the castle at some point. And there is a huge hill (an inactive volcano, to be exact!) I would like to climb up. Apparently it offers great views of the city. Tonight is going to be a very low-key night. I think I walked close to 10 miles today. Ouchie.
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