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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

UK Trip - Edinburgh, Scotland




NOTE:   If you are reading this post about our trip to the UK before the previous posts you are reading the trip in reverse.  If you want to read them in order, scroll to UK Trip London and start there then click on newer post ending with Edinburgh.  Hope this helps!









 Carlton Hotel





National Museum of Scotland

















 Edinburgh Castle




John Deere Gator





























AROUND THE CITY











 HUME

ADAM SMITH








 TAXI


 SIR WALTER SCOTT








THIS WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE BEEN SIR WALTER SCOTT'S REPLY TO DICKENS













 JOHN DEERE TRACTORS








HARRY POTTER WAS "BORN" HERE!




















HOLYROOD PALACE














Royal Yacht Britannia























 This was the Queen's bedroom





 Prince Philip's Bedroom








The Honeymoon Suite is the only room onboard with a double bed























































Royal Flush








Greyfriars Bobby 




A Skye Terrier became famous in the 19th century for guarding his owner's grave for fourteen years.




Proof that we were here!




Waverley is worth seeing even if you are not traveling by train.







Scott won a commemorative plate celebrating the Queen's birthday!



Time to go Home



Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning:    Sir Winston Churchill