When we got up this morning it was raining. There was light rain on and off all day.
We started with a city tour from 8:30 until 13:00. The bus driver took us around the city pointing out several major colleges, the 2 cathedrals, government buildings, and tow other sites I will describe shortly.
The main street was closed because of a 10K Run for ??. This cause the driver to take different routes, sometimes even going down a street one way, then going around a block and coming back the other way.
Our first stop for site seeing was Palace Holyroodhouse - the official Queen's residence when she is in Scotland (the one we went by yesterday was their personal home that they use as a vacation get-away).
The next stop, a mile away but probably 20 minutes by road because of the road condition, was Edinburgh Castle. The one on the top of the hill above the city. It was fogged in when we arrived, such that one could only make out the top of the building when standing next to it. Regardless there is a lot of history here.
The bus dropped us off at the hotel, as mentioned earlier, around 1:00. We had the whole afternoon to ourselves. Some of the group signed up for a tour of the Britannica (formerly the monarch's personal yacht). Judy and I chose not to take this optional tour today.
We walked around Edinburgh between the raindrops.
The Wayward Traveller and his companions who are ready to pack for their ride home.
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