Sunday was our last day in Edinburgh so we decided to see some more of the city as we had been sticking pretty close to the Royal Mile. We started by heading down Johnston Terrace which is a road that runs beside Edinburg Castle and down to a hill. We explored a beautiful old cemetary off King's Stables Road. Some of the inscriptions of the Tombstones were fascinating, and trying to imagine their family tree was interesting. So many families lost children and babies. Another interesting thing about this particular cemetary is that many of the tombstones on the pathway said how many feet north, south, etc the bodies "lie".
Afterwards we walked to the edge of Princes Street before heading back the way we came. On the way back we discovered West Princes Street Gardens and we took a path up towards the castle. On the way down we had seen Granny's Green Stairs so we took them down to explore what our tour driver had told us was Grassmarket where there were many nice pubs and restaurants. As it was Sunday many things were closed but we wandered along the road looking at old buildings. This street had many hostels (where I may have stayed had I come without dad). Along this old road is an old well from 1684 that brought water from the castle to the streets of old town. Eventually we found ourselves on Cowgate and decided to head back up to High Street (the Royal Mile). Heading down High street towards the Palace of Holyroodhouse we took a left towards Calton Road. What we found was a lot of garbage and run down buildings. Continuing on though we eventually found our way to Princes Street where we searched for somewhere to eat lunch. Walking to Rose street which runs parallel to Princes street we discovered a pub. For those of you who hope to travel to the Uk please keep in mind that a dressed salad that comes with your meal is actually a tiny piece of lettuce and maybe a couple of diced veggies if you're lucky. It is NOT a side salad and you would be better off ordering chips!
After lunch we continued to walk along Rose street until we reached a Primark, which I had been dying to go into. From what I have heard it is a super cheap store for clothes! My kind of place! It was packed and 4 floors so dad and I made our escape and walked to South Charlotte Street before walking along Princes Street and back to our hotel. Along the way we stopped at the Scotland National Gallery which had free admission but after a brief walk around we continued on our way.
We walked for about 6 hours and were ready for a break. We relaxed in the room for a couple of hours before heading out for a delicious dinner of Scottish stew! Yum, and a scottish dessert of rasberries, double cream, a hint of whiskey amd some shortbread! Double Yum! Good thing we did so much walking!
This morning before heading out for our train trip to London we bought mom a cashmere scarf! Now we are on our way to the beautiful city of London for 3 days!
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