Since Tucker and I did not get to head for home today due to the volcano spewing its guts in Iceland, we made the most of our extra day in Edinburgh. We mostly just wandered leisurely around the city exploring new streets. We walked from our hotel to the Royal Mile just in time for lunch. We dined at a yummy Mexican restaurant that I ate at with Christina, Lauren, and Esther on our way back from Paris.
After lunch we meandered toward Bobby's Bar to find the kirkyard where Greyfriar's Bobby and his master are buried (refer to a previous post or just google Greyfriar's Bobby if you have no idea what I'm talking about...). With little effort we found for what we were looking. Right at the the entrance to the kirkyard, there is Bobby's grave. It is cute that people put sticks on it and various dog toys.
The grave of Greyfriar's Bobby.
We followed the sidewalks around the cemetery looking at all the elaborate grave stones and shrines (not joking, some of them are massive). Eventually we came across two smaller, more modest stones and saw that they were markers for Bobby's master and another for James Brown who was a dear friend of Bobby.
Graves of Bobby's master, Auld Jock, and his dear friend, James Brown.
We continued our wandering and found a cool pedestrian path around a park. After sufficient wandering we relaxed in Starbucks for a good while discussing what our next move should be. We came to the conclusion that we should get cultured. So, Tucker and I made our way to the art museum. We spent a good while pretending to be artsy and closely examined a few paintings. It is quite a nice art gallery.
Whilst wandering I decided that I want my next car to be a Fiat. They are super cute and tiny!
We are now spending the evening in our hotel room watching tv and keeping our fingers crossed that we can get on with our journey tomorrow.
Cheers!
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