But it's not ... this'll be a short summary of Edinburgh Town.
Got there late Friday night and signed in to "Royal Garden Apartments" - a decent place to stay all in all, free internet and muffinses situated a few yards North of Princes Street and Waverley Station.
The actual toursting took place between 8 am and 4 pm.
8:00 - got down to Holyrood Park after passing the University and House of Parliament. (The latter one apparantly given several international architecture awards - bullshit if you ask me)
From the westernmost plateu I got a good view of the City and the natural eyecatcher - the Castle.
9:00 - strolled slowly through Old Town and got to see a rich variety of pubs and clubs at Grassmarket (saw a few of them while driving in to town Friday night too) and eventually got up the "Granny's Green stairs" to the Castle
9:30 - Edinburgh Castle - the place where Royalties have been living since 12th Century and the place was an interesting attraction but not THAT fancy.
10:30 - "The Scotch Whisky Experience" - was an hour-long tour and taste experience through the four regions and their different flavours as well as a short tour on the production process of Whisky. All in all quite interesting. Well worth an hour an £11.
12:00 - found a cozy "close" and sat down for lunch, soup&sandwich with a *ehum* typical chocolate fudge cake for desert before the walk north started
14:00 - Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden - this was a success. Didn't see even half of it but still enjoyed it quite a lot. Spent well over an hour going throught the ten zones in the Glasshouses and that was well spent £3:50
16:00 - met up with the Mrs, relaxed had a bath, got ready for down-town action and we ended up at "Hannah's" - a Kurdish/Iranian restaurant (The Witchery was full). Great meal there and then straight down to Grassmarket for desert before stopping by a genuine pub along the "Royal Mile" before finishing the day.
Urban Angel____________________________________________
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