Farewell Scotland!

I've spent the past few days in Edinburgh, absolutely glorious in the warm sun of summer. The sun stayed up longer than I did, days stretching out to past ten o'clock!! Very confusing for an Aussie girl who's expecting sunset at 6 or 7 pm at the latest... Sadly still no daylight savings in Queensland...

We had a brief visit into Glasgow yesterday morning, for my goddaughter's percussion exam - so impressive, she's really musical! I spent the afternoon wandering about the Royal Mile up to Edinburgh Castle on the hill overlooking the town. The touristy part of town, I bought a huge stick of Edinburgh Rock Candy and a box of Dairy Cream Fudge.. yummo!

Mary Kings Close is an old street which still exists under the modern town - under the House of Commons. There used to be a large number of streets that ran from the Royal Mile down to the lake (where the Princes Street Gardens and train lines are now). These streets were incredibly narrow and had buildings ten stories high on either side. People lived in small houses, very close to each other and threw their 'waste' into the streets to flow down the hill into the lake... ew! "Guard i Loo!!"

I did a tour of what's left of Mary Kings Close and some of the other surrounding streets, very interesting, although it was a bit spooky and the ghost stories didn't help!!

I've said Farewell to family in Scotland and am now on the train to visit friends in Cambridgeshire. Free wi fi on the train - thanks East Coast trains!