Woke. Roused kids. Rachel fixed breakfast of warm Croussaints, Jelly, and fruit. After Matt dropped Heather and Cameron off at school, he came back at 9:20am and picked us up to bring us to the train station for our day in Edinburgh.
It was a beautiful day...
When we arrived in Edinburgh we first climbed Clayton Hill. The view from the hill gave us a great panorama of the city: from Arthur's Seat (high hill/mountain) next to the city to the Royal Mile and Edinburgh Castle.
We followed the path down the hill and came out at Holyrod Palace, the residence of the Queen when she stays in Edinburgh. Unfortunately, the Palace was not receiving visitors. We soon found out why. It turned out that Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess, were staying at the Palace, and she was going to be driving out of the entrance where we were standing speaking to the guard. Then, all of a sudden her black car, which she was driving, pulled out. She waved.
From Holyrod Palace we headed up the Royal Mile. There are all kinds of shops selling authentic Scottish gear: Julian bought a sweatshirt. I bought a "clergy" tie and admired the Cashmere sweaters...
We saw the house where John Knox lived and St. Giles Church...
Jacob had walked on ahead of us...when we caught up we had lunch...
Finally we arrived at Edinburgh Castle. It is a large, imposing castle; lots of tourists. We were a wee bit tired by that time so didn't see all of the castle, but we did see the Honours: Royal Crown and Stone of Destiny of Scotland.
We caught the train back to Linlithgow. Rachel hosted us again for dinner. Rachel and Matt seem to have unbounded energy. The kids played and played. It was a fun day!
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