Edinburgh..it's ridiculously good looking!

This town is extremely photogenic. From any number of vantage points you will take shots like this one - it's beautiful. Another big touristy day today. We began at the Castle which looks fantastic from a distance but yet again is spoilt up close by touristy tat. But you have to go see these things after all. Great views of the city of course. Then walked down the Royal Mile to Holyrood House which was (naturally) beautiful but it was also great to see the interior of a working Royal palace. The Stewarts (or Stuarts) had an obvious knack for interior design. We roamed the gardens there for a while, but couldn't muster the energy to climb Arthur's seat. So then we headed for the National Gallery where we had a delicious lunch (again with the food :-) and spent an hour or so perusing the gallery proper. After that we headed back to the hotel via Marks & Spencer (stocking up on smalls for the rest of the trip!). So that's a proper Brit experience for us! Speaking of which, last night we ate haddock & chips from a box washed down with a can of Irn Bru...a chap even came in wearing a kilt & full regalia so now we feel like real Scots! Tomorrow we head to Glasgow but are only there for one night so we may or may not blog....