Day 26 - A Day in Edinburgh

Waking up in the castle, after an incredibly windy night, with the hurricane Gonzalo wreaking havock on the creaking sounds in the house and the huge trees outside.  Woooooo.......scary!

We leave after breakfast and make our way into the city if Edinburgh. What a beautiful city.  The history and the culture of this city are incredible,  the buildings in the old section of the city are some of the most beautiful I have ever seen. Some of them dating back to the 1500's.

There is so much to see, like any large city in Europe, there are the exclusive department stores, Harvey Nichols, Gucci, Louis Vuitton.  Many, many cathedrals and ancient churches, the enormous Edinburgh Castle on top of the volcanic hill, museums, theaters, galleries, university buildings. 

Making use of the inner city parking option, we ditched our car. We walked, and walked.....and walked.   

Stopping in some tourist shops to purchase gifts.  We purchase tickets to one of the hop-on-hop-off buses, hopping on and off at various stops around the city. 

We ate a quick sandwich at Lucano's Kitchen in the Greyfriars section of the city, rows of Italian restaurants and pizzeria's.

It was a very cold day, with temperatures around 9 degrees, but around 6 degrees in the inner city where we were.  Whew, chilled to the bones, we left the city around 4pm.

There were many traffic jams because of the weather, the end of the hurricane causing terrible winds on the bridges. 

We eventually got back to Aberfeldy at around 8.30pm.

Tired and very sleepy.

Early night.

Xxx