Edinburgh

Headed into Edinburgh early the next day. Well, ish, it was nice to have a bit of a lie in.

First impressions of Edinburgh were really positive. It has lots of windy streets, cobblestones and green spaces and generally just looks old and well kept. Course I could be wrong, but that’s how it seemed to me.

We headed up to the castle, and then walked the royal mile to the queens residence at the far end – and finished up with an open top bus tour.

The door is where Robert Louis Stevenson (treasure Island author) grew up. There was a nice quote along the lines where his mother came down one evening to see him looking out the window watching the lamp lighter at work. She asked him what he was doing – and he replied ‘watching the man make holes in the dark’.

Had a couple of pints in a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde themed pub (the man it was based on was from Edinburgh)

Far too soon time to head back to Dublin (though Ryanair did their best to keep me in Scotland by delaying the flight until 00:15 – which was really thoughtful of them). So thanks to Mhairi and her family for giving me a brilliant introduction to Scotland. The weather was kind – beautiful skies every day ;)