Greyfriars Church Edinburgh

Edinburgh is one of those cities like Prague that has a magic about it. The weather has not been raining so that has been very fortunate for me. I'll take it! I will say I have been struggling to really be up for the extra sight seeing stuff a my trip has been winding down. I feel pretty worn out. A fun day in edinburgh to me has been wanting to …

It was a lovely sunny afternoon so after bags had been dumped, it was time to start exploring, after stopping for a cup of tea in Loudons, a coffee shop near the apartment it was off to explore the local area.

Heading into Lothian Road past the Usher Hall and on to Princess Street, past the Princess Street Gardens, stopping to look at all …

Edinburgh! Completely beautiful. I could imagine myself living there more than any other country I have visited so far. There are beautiful rolling hills, mountains covered in snow, historic buildings, chapels, castles... oh my. I think that the best part was landing and seeing... wait for it, SNOW. I was so happy, I picked up the snow and the taxi …

Well this was interesting:

We just completed a walking tour into underground Edinburgh led by a marvelous
guide named Cullen. This was accompanied by another jaunt into the graveyards of Greyfriars Abbey.

Our day started out in sunshine and ended in a downpour. Welcome to Edinburgh.
I had planned to meet the girls and go …

We slept in a little bit today, which was quite nice, then we headed over to the Edinburgh Larder for breakfast again and again, it was very good! The weather was overcast and cool, but not raining....yet. Our first stop today was at Greyfriars Tolbooth and Kirkyard (graveyard). It's a wonderful, still active church with a lively history and one …

... along the park, past the Scott monument, Edinburgh's art gallery (quick peep inside), across the mound and up the hill to Greyfriars church and famous Bobby. An older lady guide showed us around the church and shared with us a little of the history of ...

... Harry Potter and the graveyard underneath it in which the real Tom Riddle, and a number of other Riddles, are buried. We saw Greyfriars Church and the famous Greyfriars Bobby, a dog that was so faithful to its dead master that it was finally buried ...

... the Greyfriars Bobby's tomb, the tomb of a dog that never seceded from its owner's tomb and, when the dog died, the priests of Greyfriars' Church buried it next to its owner and gave it the medal of loyalty and even the right to vote! that means the dog ...