Chelsea does her best Roman Conqueror imitation at the Museum of Scotland.
I slept better than I have since I've been here and was suprised that it was 8:00a when I woke up. Still very dark outside...
We finally got going a bit after 9:00a and headed back up the Royal Mile to the Castle. We decided to do the audio tour along with the admission. The castle is amazing and the oldest building (Margaret's Chapel) dates from the 1100's. There had been many improvements to the displays since I was there last in the late 80's. The Stone of Scone (destiny) was even back in it's rightful place (from London) since I had last visited.
We toured the castle and caught the firing of the one o'clock cannon. The day had started out damp and now there was a steady rain. There are some nice views from the castle, but I didn't even bother getting my camera out with the rain and dark, grey skies that prevailed.
After the castle we headed down to the Museum of Scotland. Grabbed a sandwich at museum cafe for lunch where I tried a can of Irn Bru. i likw the distinctive flavor, but Chelsea thought it tasted like cold syrup! The museum has some good exhibits on all aspects of Scottish history and is definitely worth the visit.
After the museum we headed back to the room - we'd hope to climb Arthur's Seat, but gave into the damp and cold. After a short break, we headed across the street to the Southern Cross cafe to try and book train tickets and find lodging for tomorrow in Glasgow.
After closing the cafe (and beating the 6:00p "advance" ticket deadline) we went in search for some dinner. We'd both remembered seeing the cheesey pizza when we walked past a Pizza Hut and we walked a good bit of the Royal Mile again in search of pizza. We finally settled into the Pizza Hut just a short block from our hostel, and we enjoyed a filling meal of starters and pizza.
Tomorrow we are off to Glasgow (Scotland) for the day and plan to head toward Telford (Shropshire) early on Monday morning.
Cheers!
1 comment:
Glad you liked Edinburgh. Had you heard of walk talk tours? - the downloadable audio tours of Edinburgh, York, Manchester and London to play on your MP3 or iPod. Ideal for independent travellers like you.
Take a look at www.walktalktour.com and see what you think.
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