Edinburgh

Any visit to Edinburgh is time well spent. It's cosmopolitan yet retains an old world charm - and there is so much I still haven't seen (lucky me, I'm going back in a little over a month!) Because we had the rental cars, our first day included taking in the sights of Rosslyn Chapel and Stirling Castle - both places we visited in November, thus I didn't take huge amounts of photos at either location. We all enjoyed a scrumptous dinner that evening which included Scottish fare of haggis and mussels. Delish! The next day was all about Edinburgh Castle, the "Royal Mile," (and my side trip to the Grassmarket and Victoria street!) nipping into neighborhood pubs and Mexican for dinner. We were all sad to see our Scottish holiday come to an end in the morning but we took the edge off by relaxing to the seaside and countryside views as we trained back to London.

lunch location in Stirling

William Wallace monument from Stirling Castle

in deep thoughts

view of Stirling from the castle
(taken more for the weather than the town)

the view of "New Town" from Edinburgh Castle

the Firth of Forth in the distance

Victoria Street

the Grassmarket

a last drink at the pub to end our holiday