I Have Been To Edinburgh!

I Have Been To Edinburgh, Finally.

Well I have heard so many positive reports about Edinburgh that I decided to head over there for a well deserved break.

It is true.  Edinburgh is an amazing place. The buildings have a real WOW factor.  They are enourmous.  The brick is fantastic in them too. My friend and I went from Monday to Friday and spent all our waking hours walking the city and saw some sights.   Edinburgh Castle is fantastic and takes a couple of hours or more to get round.  Everything in the city is accesable on foot which is great.  There are also great tour buses which go every twenty mins or so, hop on and hop off.  They go to all the attractions, Hollyrood House, Botanic Gardens, The fantastic now decommissioned Royal yacht, The Britannia.

We walked the Royal Mile everyday.  The little shops are so inviting and even found a lovely Christmas Shop, ha ha the poor woman inside has to listen to Christmas Carols all year long, but I must add they were being played by a fantastic scottish band and really jissed up. Yes I have to admit it, we both bought something christmassy in the shop...... well it was very inviting and we kinda got into the Christmas spirit as soon as we entered.

We were blessed with the weather.  While our familes and countrymen drowned in the good old irish rain, (my garden looks like a jungle now), we walked Edinburgh in lovely sunshine.  We even were lucky enough to be there for the olympic flame. We were given free ice cold cokes in lovely colourful memoriable bottles and oodles of flags to wave as the flame carrier ran past us on the Royal  Mile.

Another highlight for us both was the visit to Grayfriar's Cemetery, where Grayfriar's Bobby is buried.  The faithful little terrier dog who kept guard on his master's grave for fourteen years.  He was adopted and looked after by men attending the graveyard and when he died they were given special dispensation to bury Bobby near his master.  We also discovered a lovely welcoming Edwardian Tea Room on Chalmers Close.  It is run by a wonderful lady called Christine.  Definitely worth a visit or two or three, the chat and the delicious food and cakes keep you coming back.....

I for one give Edinburgh the thumbs up and will be paying more visits there in time.  Three cheers for Edinburgh.