We have been here a few days. We spent two nights in Edinburgh in a nice and very old building overlooking the historic Dean Village. We walked through the village which was originally a mill with millstones still strewn about. We also visited Edinburgh castle and walked part of the royal mile. We were both impressed with Edinburgh and liked it much more than we expected. There is a lot going on, many good restaurants, outdoor markets and more double decker buses than anywhere I have been. Must still be high tourist season!
In any case, today we went to the airport to get our rental car which ended up being the most adorable little red Fiat 500 with white upholstery! It is so cute! It barely holds out stuff in the 'trunk' but we have managed and got to our first destination of Falkland North of Edinburgh with a stop at Midhope Castle (the castle from the series Outlander referred to as Lallybroch). Since we love the series and it was less than 10 minutes out of the way, we stopped thinking it would be crowded with tour buses and too much of a scene and fully prepared to just leave in that case. It was close to deserted with only a few cars. Our good fortune because it's a lovely place where we spent some time walking around on a cloudy but pleasant day.
We are now in Falkland, a small, quaint medieval village and are staying almost across the lane from a haunted castle where Mary Queen of Scots liked to stay. Our view is of a church with bells that ring and there is a square of sorts with a fountain in the middle within yards of our entrance. Photo to follow as mine didn't turn out today. We love it here!
Here are a lot of photos.
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| Our Edinburgh Apartment |
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View from the kitchen
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Edinburgh Castle and Views from there of the city.
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| Dee enjoying the entrance to Lallybrach |
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| A wild pheasant |
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| And Midhope Castle - Lallybroch |
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| Falkland Castle |
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| Our staircase to our room. |
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Our Hotel - The Convenanter
And below some view around town
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And the car . . .
Ok I'm a little irritated that you didn't post a photo of the car! Is that because you are bringing home for me? Is it my souvenir surprise?! 😘 Also the photo of Dee had me cracking up because 1st it looked like she had no legs, upon closer inspection I see she has one leg but I still don't know how she is standing. Lol. It's a great shot and so are the rest. I'm glad you got to stop at the Outlander castle and your view is stunning. Such a beautiful place.
ReplyDeleteYay for Car pics! Did you just add those or was my computer not showing them the 1st time for some reason? Either way,I love it!
ReplyDeleteI added them just for you! We came out of a shop yesterday and I thought someone had stolen the car. Turns out it was so small, it was hiding behind another car in the lot!
ReplyDeleteLol! That is ridiculous. I love it. Thanks for adding car pics😘
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