Aberlady, Scotland -- Monday June 24, 2013

After a good nights sleep and delicious breakfast this morning--with WONDERFUL freshly made croissants!--we decided to take the train to Edinburgh.

The train was super easy to get to and really nice.  Seemed really new and was extremely quiet. Nice way to travel.

Open air Sightseeing Bus

We decide the first order of business was to get on a sight seeing tour of the city.  We signed up for the Hop on-Hop off bus tour.  With the pass we got, we can get on any of the 5 different tours available....each has a slightly different focus.  Ed got a one day pass and I got a 2 day pass--in case he wants to hike tomorrow.




Each bus has a guide pointing out features as we pass by them. 

Scottish Tour Guide

Once we got use to the Scottish accent of our very knowledgeable guide, we learned a lot!

As it turns out, we really like this city.  It's almost quaint.  The architecture is really beautiful and flowers are blooming all over.



I'm writing this Blog a week after we made this trip.  It's amazing how much you can forget about what you see if you don't write it down!  I remember that we had lunch that day in an interesting pub who's name I can't remember!  There were small, round tables in the middle of the room with a second tier on top of them that looked really strange.  Then two men (obviously locals) came in for a pint and brought their beer over to one of these tables.  The top tier was to lean you arm on while you're drinkin'!  Who knew?

After hoping off the tour bus a few times to look at specific areas of the town, we tried to get back to a place where we saw really decadent desserts in the window.  We walked and walked but couldn't find it!  Very disappointing!  So we took the train back to our hotel in Aberlady and had dessert and coffee at our hotel.  Not nearly as fattening, but a nice ending to the day.