I took a bus to the Ocean Front terminal, saw the Britannia Royal
Yacht, that was pretty cool, it's 5 levels, the queen had her own
Separate bedroom, down the hall was her husbands bedroom,
There was a huge formal dining room, galley, cold larder, staff
quarters on the bottom floor, a couple different places had a bar.
The entrance to the yacht is actually in a mall. So after I was done touring
the yacht, I walked around the mall, had some fruit for lunch. Took the
bus back to Scottish Parliament, got off there and went inside, just looked at the
exhibit for the public, one has to book a tour online. Going in there was free.
Then I walked further up the royal mile back to my hotel and came across the
Museum of Edinburgh, also free, 3 floors of history, glassmaking, war stuff, history
of the city, then I went outside and it started to hail. Lol. I went into a nearby cafe and had a Scottish
Breakfast with haggis for my dinner. It was quite good. Now I'm back in my room for a bit, then
I'm going to go for a wander before coming back to my room for the night.
Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Monday, 30 March 2015
Edinburgh for the day
Today, I walked to Edinburgh castle, the line to get in, wasn't too long, it started to rain a bit, the umbrellas went up. I didn't bring an umbrella...oops. Got my ticket, went insure, saw some really neat exhibits. My favourite besides the view was the National War Museum, there was a lot of really cool stuff. The views are really cool, you can see all the way to the North Sea. I also liked the Scottish National War Memorial, wasn't allowed to take any pictures in there. The scenery here is very beautiful, so is the architecture. I went for a walk around 3 to find a market for dinner, didn't take long to find it, bought my food, grape and apple mixture and a honey mustard chicken noodle thing, then got lost trying to find my way, eventually figured it out. I'm unsure if I'm going to go to Glasgow tomorrow, weather is looking kind of crappy, I wanted to go see the royal yacht, Britannia, down at the waterfront, that involves taking a bus, then at least a couple hours for the tour, then take a bus back and wander around Princes St. Or Holyrood, down at that end. Glasgow involves taking the train, it's about an hour there, then an hour back. I did lots of walking today, I should definitely sleep better tonight. I came back this afternoon and had a nap between walks, 5 hours of walking, my legs are tired.
Sunday, 29 March 2015
London
The flight over was nice, I had an aisle in the middle 4 seat section of the plane and no one sat beside me, so I had plenty of leg room. I didn't really sleep much, more dozed. Got off the plane at Heathrow, had fun navigating to the passport control area, the line was SO long, but it moved quickly, got my first official stamp. The. Got the giant backpack and made my way back upstairs to Departures, because surprise, I decided to book a flight from London to Edinburgh. It's cheaper and easier on my poor befuddled brain. My flight lands in Edinburgh at 4:25. Then off to find the place I'm staying and then finally some rest. I'll post pictures next time around.
Monday, 23 March 2015
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