{"id":13388,"date":"2014-07-15T15:28:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T19:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=13388"},"modified":"2014-08-07T12:03:46","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T16:03:46","slug":"day-18-tuesday-july-15-day-off-tour-of-edinburgh-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=13388","title":{"rendered":"Day 18. Tuesday, July 15 – Day Off – Tour of Edinburgh, Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not only does the Castle of Edinburgh sit on a hill, \"DSCN8995\"<\/a>but so does the city, which means the streets are either up or down. \u00a0What better reason to take the\u00a0classic “hop on, hop off” bus. \"photo<\/a>\u00a0The old city is built at the foot\"DSCN8963\"<\/a> of the rock cliffs that the castle seems to materializes from. \u00a0There are many statues on our way; this is The Duke of Wellington\"DSCN8981\"<\/a>and most important James Young Simpson,\"DSCN8996\"<\/a>who\u00a0discovered the useful properties of chloroform, precursor of our modern day anesthesiologists. \u00a0Edinburgh is\u00a0also one of the largest banking cities in Europe, The\u00a0Bank of Scotland is predominant.\"DSCN8994\"<\/a>Though we found most of the buildings need a good scrubbing,\"DSCN8954\"<\/a> the architecture on most is stunning.\"DSCN8980\"<\/a>Our least favorite and one of the most controversial buildings in the city (understandably) is the Scottish Parliament Building.\"DSCN9032\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Back to the beautiful.\"DSCN8967\"<\/a>We strolled the Royal Mile, \"DSCN9028\"<\/a>the stretch between the castle and palace,\u00a0\"photo\"<\/a>better known in recent years as a tourist trap.\"DSCN8972\"<\/a>but great people watching. \u00a0It also boasts the beautiful St. Giles’ Cathedral \"DSCN9016\"<\/a>dating from the 14th Century. \u00a0Stained glassed,\"DSCN9021\"<\/a> exquisite marble floors\"DSCN9020\"<\/a> and an incredible ceiling in the chapel.\"DSCN9023\"<\/a>There was so much to see in this immense city and no way we could cover it all, so we climbed the Calton Hill by foot<\/em>\"DSCN8979\"<\/a> for a better view,\"DSCN9051\"<\/a>\u00a0it was brilliant.\u00a0\"photo8\"<\/a>\u00a0The rest of what we saw is below. \u00a0Not sure we rested our legs at all, but the big cities always make us want to ride…..check in tomorrow to see if we thought that was such a good idea.<\/p>\n

Remember you can click on any picture to make it larger and then arrow through.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t