2008 - United Kingdom - Day 11 - Edinburgh

Today was a bit of a disappointment. We awoke to thick fog throughout the city, and rain. Although by the time we started our city tour, the rain had stopped, but we still couldn’t see much through the mist. We took a 2 hour bus city tour with a local guide. We could see ok nearby the buildings that he pointed out, and we went to the palace Holyrood, where Mary Queen of Scots lived. The fog wasn’t too bad there. But then we drove up a hill to Edinburgh Park where our guide told us were excellent views of the city and the nearby Loch. Unfortunately up there was where the fog was the worst and we saw nothing but white mist everywhere. At the end of our bus tour, we went to Edinburgh Castle. We walked through the rooms and grounds and shops. I bought some shortbread that is supposed to be really good. (Yes it was!!) We finished around noon with our group and we had the rest of the day free. Mom and I went back to our hotel and had our snacks for lunch. Then we went to the Café where JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter, we went inside the St. Giles Cathedral, and we went to a few more shops. I bought Dave some T-shirts and some wool scarves for me and the girls. As we walked out of the shop, the sun was out and most of the fog had gone. It made me wish we had had an afternoon tour instead of a morning one. We then went back to the hotel and watched a cute movie on TV. We walked across the street to a mart and bought a sandwich for dinner. We ate them back in the hotel while watching Wild Animal Rescue. We spent the rest of our evening reading and soaking in the tub.