Today we headed into the heart of Edinburgh to shop for souvenirs and see the sights. We drove downtown and parked in a large \u201ccar park\u201d, and then walked to \u201cGrassmarket\u201d – a huge combination of a garage sale and farmer\u2019s market. Marie-Claire gave me the running commentary of the sights of the city – they were in sharp contrast to the commentary we were getting from her parents. We went into St. Giles cathedral. I spent quite a while in there checking out the stained glass. No cameras allowed, but the images of the glass were very dramatic. <\/p>\n
From there we went to Jenner\u2019s – a Macy\u2019s style department store with a lot of local stuff – it was very cool. We had a snack on the top floor, and then we walked back towards the car, skirting the bagpipers on the way back. <\/p>\n
We drove back, packed up and drove North through Scotland towards Crieff – our next B&B. We had dinner at Crieff in a small \u201cbistro\u201d. It was pretty expensive and the food was only so-so. Then we went back to the B&B and crashed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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