We started off the morning slowly and then headed down to the tourist information centres. Edinburgh has a pretty good tour bus system, with double-decker busses (with open tops) so we took one of those. This gave us all kinds of info about the town, Sean Connery, and writers of famous literature.
We got off at the “Our Dynamic Earth”. It’s an interactive science place, so it sounded cool. Most of the exhibits are kind of cool, but it’s really aimed at kids. At least this place is new, so the exhibits haven’t had a chance to get dated. However, there was a totally awesome presentation about space at the end in a massive theatre (like a planetarium). It was narrated by David Tennant, but in his natural accent (Scottish), so it was hard to pick it. There were cool comfy chairs that reclined so you could look up at the projection. The chairs were so comfy in fact that Sandra and mum fell asleep for a bit...
We then made our way to the Royal Palace. We got there in time to see a whole bunch of horses leave. Turns out there used to be a tradition (about 100 odd years ago) where they used to ride to all the borders of the city to ensure it was secure. As of last year, they’ve started up the tradition again.
The palace was alright. Apparently it’s still being used for palace duties. But the Queen wasn’t there, so that’s why they let stupid Aussies tour through although the Queen and other members of the Royal family are going to be there later this week because the Pope’s going to be in town!
We caught the bus back into the bus terminal and then found another supermarket to buy dinner before walking up some more steps to the apartment. After dinner, we did a ‘Ghosts and Gore’ tour. This was pretty cool. It was a guy in an old suit and a top hat taking us through the city. His partner would dress up and surprise everyone. Being Scottish, they were really funny. Totally worth it. Even more worth it when they surprised mum 3 times, and put Sandra in a thumb trap for being a witch.
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