Dirty Doughnuts

Coco Pops or Haggis for breakfast? Coco Pops, naturally. A day in the Scottish capital today. We were introduced to our local guide, "Young Davie", a 50 year old man wearing a kilt.

We toured around some of the more historic parts of Edinburgh, which to be honest was quite boring to me. However it took a semi-interesting turn when we trudged up the hill to Edinburgh Castle. Spectacular views of everything. The Scottish Crown Jewels are on display here as well as the Scottish War Memorial. Definitely worth the visit if you venture up this far north of the equator. Get here early though, the crowd was swelling in huge numbers as we were leaving.

Back on the bus we checked out some more, from different angles. It was a good orientation to the city. We were dropped off in the city centre. Poppy decided to go back to the hotel to get some more sleep due to catching the bug that's going around the bus (I got over my one day of ill). I tagged along with a couple of the friendly Americans to Hard Rock Café, so I could see what the fuss was about. Fantastic burger!! But I paid wayyyy too much for it.

Out of there I ventured off around the city. What a great one it is. Grand buildings, clean, friendly people, easy to navigate and not too many dodgy looking people around. It's busy, but not crowded. Every street corner provides another great cityscape. As Edinburgh is perched on a bit of a hill there's added beauty in being able to see the Firth of Forth from the centre of town.

I caught the brand new tram back out of town to the hotel. The station was 100 metres away from the front door. Time for the last optional excursion, a tour of the Britannia; the decommissioned Royal Yacht.

Classy, very classy as you'd expect. It was nearly access all areas. Everything from the formal dining room, Charles and Diana's honeymoon bed, The Queen's bedroom and the Captain's Bar was on display; and so much more. For a ship that first sailed in 1953, they did a remarkable job keeping the yacht with the modern times. 

The final part of the day was a dinner at a local restaurant. Very nice food, however I chose the dishes that had the smallest portion sizes. I left hungry. I took advantage of the Krispy Kreme doughnut shop across the road from the hotel. These doughnuts are made fresh in store and was by far the most electrifying Krispy Kreme taste sensation I've had in my mouth. Very nice way to finish off a fine day in the capital.