The first half of today continued the beautiful, sunshiney weather that's perfect for touring in another country.
We walked over to Princes Street, which was just a few blocks from the Royal Mile we had walked along yesterday.
We saw the Sir Walter Scott memorial but chose not to pay five pounds to climb up a lot of stairs to the top of it.
The stores along this street were a little more upscale, and one had some pretty impressive whiskey tastings available.
After walking in and alongside the row of shops on the north side of Princes Street, we crossed over and walked through the Princes Street Garden, which was filled with green grass, picnickers, beautiful flowers, and great views of the Edinburgh Castle.
We eventually made our way down to the Holyrood Palace and walked along the western curve of the Holyrood park until we came back to our apartment's neighborhood.
By this time, the clouds had returned to Edinburgh and it had been lightly raining on us for a little while, so we ate some dinner and then returned to the apartment to give our tired feet a break.
While the other four played Spades, Stephen and I watched 6 episodes of Game of Thrones, because I'd been slacking and hadn't seen any of this season yet.
We enjoy watching shows together, and it was really nice to return to that in the middle of my 7 weeks of sightseeing and study abroad classes in Europe.
Sad everyone can't stay in Edinburgh longer with me,
The Purple Writer
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