12 June – Tuesday
Haggis was on the breakfast menu, but we both declined! A definite change in the weather from Paris – it is FREEZING!!! Once again, another medieval city and also part built about the 16th – 17th centuries. The Castle was amazing, perched on its big rock, although the Tattoo Parade Ground probably wasn’t as big in real life! After a few hours at the Castle, it was another “stroll” down the Royal Mile, with all its souvenir shops, to Holyroodhouse Palace, the official Scottish residence of the Queen. The gardens were really lovely and was hard to imagine that one was in the middle of a large city.
Walking back to our hotel and commenting how similar to Sussex Gardens (in London) the street was, when we met a lady and her granddaughter who had been on our European tour and were now doing a tour of the UK. They had just arrived in Edinburgh and their tour was staying at a hotel three doors away from ours! We sat at talked to them for about an hour – it was great to meet someone we actually knew.
Haggis was on the breakfast menu, but we both declined! A definite change in the weather from Paris – it is FREEZING!!! Once again, another medieval city and also part built about the 16th – 17th centuries. The Castle was amazing, perched on its big rock, although the Tattoo Parade Ground probably wasn’t as big in real life! After a few hours at the Castle, it was another “stroll” down the Royal Mile, with all its souvenir shops, to Holyroodhouse Palace, the official Scottish residence of the Queen. The gardens were really lovely and was hard to imagine that one was in the middle of a large city.
Walking back to our hotel and commenting how similar to Sussex Gardens (in London) the street was, when we met a lady and her granddaughter who had been on our European tour and were now doing a tour of the UK. They had just arrived in Edinburgh and their tour was staying at a hotel three doors away from ours! We sat at talked to them for about an hour – it was great to meet someone we actually knew.
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Somebody told me when I was there that the Tatoo parade ground is actually the castle's car park!
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