Hills and Stairs

Today and tomorrow are our last two days in Scotland. We fly home early Saturday morning. We have slowed the pace way down to soak in the last bits.

We started our day strolling through the Dean Village area then walking along the Waters of Leith. From there it was UP HILL and fighting the wind (averaging about 20 mph!) through New Town before making it to Princes Street Garden. We had a little picnic on a bench in the park. While there, we heard a huge 💥 boom and for a second we thought something awful had happened. Then Richard realized it was 1:00 PM - the time the castle shoots its cannon everyday!

We saw several displays/statues in the Garden (a large public park that at one time had been a loch) before going to the Scottish National Gallery. Here we focused on seeing the Scottish artists.

After climbing more stairs, a stop at Devil's Advocate on Advocate's Close for a pint was in order. It started to rain some at this point. We were sitting on a little terrace and suddenly, these awnings opened up above us! Guess those are some necessary things to have in Scotland!

Then on to the Writer's Museum. This was once a home that was built in 1622 and was primely located near the Castle in Old Town! It's probably my favorite building in Edinburgh. The museum is relatively small but has one floor for each of there 3 most famous authors: Robert Lewis Stevenson, Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott.

A bit of shopping for souvenirs, a stop at Tesco's tobstock up on a few things for "back home" and back to our place after another full day of walking.Read more