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The Palace of Holyroodhouse

Our last day in Scotland was a bit of a morning blur. Half of our day was spent exploring The Palace of Holyroodhouse and the other half was traveling to Dublin, Ireland; the traveling part of adventuring is exhausting but exciting and then you end up in a new spot you’ve never visited before.

Like before, anything in italics are current thoughts and musings on what I decided to write in the moment. If you would like to read past entries, click on the following links: Part 1: Departure, Part 2: Arrival, Part 3: Exploring Edinburgh and Part 4: Craigmillar Castle.

Onward!

Part 5: Our Last Day in Scotland and traveling to Dublin, Ireland

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Craigmillar Castle

The fourth travel journal entry finds Kate and I adventuring slightly out of the city of Edinburgh to Craigmillar Castle, then back to the city for some pints and dinner.

This entry doesn’t have a lot of detail but we did spend the whole day exploring the castle so I got a lot of photos and a few shaky iPhone videos. And I also got the informational booklet to help me remember the tiny details of the Castle.

As stated before, anything in italics are current thoughts and musings on what I decided to write in the moment. If you would like to read past entries, click on the following links: Part 1: Departure, Part 2: Arrival and Part 3: Exploring Edinburgh.

For now let’s dive in:

Part 4: Day 2 in Edinburgh

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Exploring Edinburgh

The third entry of my adventures in Edinburgh makes up the first full day of my trip to Scotland, including touristy things such as the Edinburgh Castle, lunch and a Whiskey Experience, a visit to the Tartan Weaving Hall, a stop at the Elephant House and wandering around the city to find Greyfriars Bobby and St. Gary’s Cathedral.

Edinburgh is a truly wondrous city with lots of history and culture, and I definitely would not mind visiting again.

In reading through my travel journal, Kate and I definitely did a lot on our first day!

As stated before, anything in italics are current thoughts and musings on what I decided to write in the moment. If you would like to start the beginning of this journey, which is mostly routine details about planning and traveling, Part 1: Departure and Part 2: Arrival can be found here and here.

Without further ado, here is:

Part 3: Day 1 in Edinburgh

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