Today Malcolm and his mom Gillian took us sightseeing all over Edinburgh. We covered all of the Royal Mile (from the Castle to Holyrood Palace), including all of the neat little things off the mile (the Closes). Gillian is a tour guide during the Edinburgh festival so she knew all of the interesting history and neat tidbits. She even took us inside Parliament House, where all of high court cases are tried. It was really neat, but we couldn’t take pictures. After lunch Malcolm took us on a tour of Mary King’s Close (the hidden part of Edinburgh that is buried below some of the modern buildings) and then took us up Calton Hill for views of the city. All in all an excellent day with perfect weather! I got a whopping 21,345 steps in (nearly 8 miles).
David and Heidi’s Travels 