Travel Day to Scotland

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Breakfast- you got it same offerings and we are a bit tired of it.  Then finished packing and dragged our luggage down the street to the Baker Street Station and snagged a cab.  King’s Cross Station is our jumping off spot.  All went smoothly.  We met a nice young man at the McD’s at lunch.  He was from Munich, Germany and we had a lovely chat about his travels and study of English.

On the train our seats have a table, which we share with a gal from Edinburgh, Scotland.  She has been most helpful.  We only have one night so want to make the most of it.  We join a tour on Monday for 5 days and could not stay in Edinburgh for the weekend as a festival will be going on and the hotels were way too expensive (like over $300 per night).  So we will get the MegaBus and travel to Glasgow.

Once we checked into the lovely George Hotel we ran out to walk the Royal Mile and see as much of Edinburgh as possible.  We ate supper at Deacon Brodie's Tavern, having meat pies- delish.  We walked from Edinburgh Castle to Palace of Holyroodhouse- where the queen stays when she is in town.  Edinburgh is a beautiful old city with such interesting architecture. Absolutely love it.  This goes on the list of places we want to visit again and stay longer.