Cloudy with odd sunny spells - warm
Shopping Day
Today we all set off on the No. 13 Edinburgh Coach Lines bus to Princes Street from the Hillpark Green bus stop. Costs us 5.40 for a day pass for two people.
We got off at Princes Street and went down to the Information Centre to buy a good map of the Ettrick district where we are going on Thursday. We had a coffee at Costa's upstairs
We then walked up through Advocates Close to the Royal Mile shops
And beside him was Sir Walter Scott's statue
with this intriguing plaque about him;
We spent quite a lot of time in a variety of shops, but eventually acquired most of the gifts for the people back home that we were thinking of.
We had a nice lunch at Deacon Brodies' Cafe -
Deacon Brodie was the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's story of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:
Down the passage way ...
To the cafe:
And had nice sandwiches for lunch
We then finished off our shopping and headed down to the double decker open-topped Bus Tour of Edinburgh starting point by Waverly Station:
The man who did the commentary was great and we learned a lot.
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