Edinburgh Higlights

Casa Grande, AZ

A panoramic tour of Scotland's capital is how we began our adventure in Edinburgh.  We traveled along the Royal Mile and I must say the government building was a huge disappointment with its modern architecture.  


My only disappointment of the entire trip was Edinburgh Castle.  It wasn't the castle it was all the pushy shovey tourists.  There were two cruise ships in town and of course they were limited on time so naturally the Edinburgh Castle was the main attraction in town.   




I guess I'm just not normal, no way would I enjoy touring a place that you wait in line for 30 minutes to get inside a building.  These tourists didn't seem to mind, I guess their sightseeing trip is that way and they are used to it.  







I want to spend a couple of hours touring the castle and have time to visit some of the other sights during the day.

It doesn't look crowded in this photo but trust me there are lots of people here.

After seeing the Crown Jewels in London at the Tower Museum these jewels were a huge disappointment. Photos were not allowed. We waited in line for 30 minutes before we entered the building.  I almost had a panic attack with everyone so close.

The workment were taking the bleachers down from the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.  Molly and Bob Pinner were lucky enough to attend.  Sure wish we could have seen it.

The lines were also hard to see where they ended.  We had no lines whatsoever to see England's jewels.






The Edinburgh Castle had a royal cemetery for their royal dogs.  Nothing was said about cats.

We decided to walk back to the hotel on the Royal Mile rather than take our tour bus. Look at what Bill found.









I have to say in all of our travels we've never seen a Masonic store before.







By the time we returned to the hotel it was almost time to leave for the Prestonfield House.  The house was built in 1688 and Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Johnson were guests.  

We had so much fun at this Scottish entertainment show.  I think I enjoyed it more than the Cabaret in Paris.  

Our waiter asked us whether we wanted red or white wine.  They brought a bottle for everyone at our table. Our meal was delicious and of course included haggis. 

The program began with the Addressing of the Haggis.

The singing and dancing was wonderful and we especially liked the young children performing. 





I have to say I didn't care much for bagpipe music but somehow my tastes have changed since we've been in Scotland.  

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