On Tuesday Amy went shopping with our cousin Beth and Alex did his own thing. Dad and I wanted to go and find the cemetary where his parents are burried. He had the address and some directions. We left the flat and took the bus down to waverly bridge and decided to go and have lunch at Prince's mall. We got backed potatoes with tunafish in them. It was weird but not bad. I think I might actually try it again sometime.





The picture above is one of a few signs that are in the mall. I'm pretty sure the natives were laughing at me as I took pictures of the funny signs. I'm such a tourist!!





We got the bus to the cemetary, dad was wrong about where the bus stop was to get off so we had a nice walk to find it, the people at the cemetary were able to print off a map to show us where the plot was. We found it and took some pictures. The above picture is of the gravestone.







This is me with the gravestone. It was neat to go and see that. It gives me more of a connection to my grandparents. I met my granny a few times as a small child but grandpa passed away before my parents even met. So it was neat to be able to go and see that. It started raining a bit while we were there so we waited under a tree for a bit until it slowed down.





As we were walking back to the bus stop we were walking through these trees. Everything is green, they get so much rain that the trees have LOTS of moss on them which gives them this green tint. It's actually pretty cool.





We took the bus for a little ways and then dad decided we should get off and go for a walk. We walked over to this road where we had a really good view of Arthur's Seat and the craigs alongside it. Dad took this picture of me with Arthur's Seat in the background. We walked along this little ridge across the street from Arthur's Seat. Dad pointed out in the distant the school that my grandpa was a janitor at for many years. We actually walked over to it and down the street and dad showed me where he lived as a little boy when his dad was the Janitor. He showed me some other streets and stuff. It started raining again and we ducked into a little close (alley) for cover. After a bit we started walking again. We came across a police station and dad wanted to ask a question so we went in and did that. We caught the bus back to the flat and got ready for dinner at Trish's.







This is a picture of the school that grandpa worked at in the distantance.







Trish invited us over for Tea(supper) so we went over there and visited and had dinner of yummy lasagna. After dinner it was decided that we would go on a walk to Cramond and to see the ponies(a little pony farm). The picture above is by the water in Cramond. I just thought it was really pretty.





One of my ancestors on my mom's side was the tollkeeper for Cramond Brig Toll many years ago so I had to take a picture. It was neat to be able to put a place to a name. I'm so excited about Family History now.







This is me with the Cramond Brig Toll behind me.





This is the street that the used to live on.



This is dad watching everyone playing at the park before we went back to Trish's.



This is Alex and Sarah playing on this funky swing thing that you stand up on and make it go around in circles. It was hillarious to watch.





This is Amy, Beth and Sarah on this cool bowl swing. Alex was pushing them. It was crazy I was almost expecting them to fall out. After the park we went back to Trish's for desert of ice cream and fruit. It was a lovely day and evening.



On Wednesday Sarah had to work in the morning and we arranged to meet on the Royal Mile after lunch so we could go to Edinburgh Castle. Dad, Amy, Alex, Sarah, Beth and I as well as Sarah's former roommat Jessica and Jessica's daughter met us there as well. The picture above is when we were walking up the castle esplanade. Most of us had the Historic pass so we didn't have to wait in line. We had to wait for those that did have to pay though. We looked at the view and stuff while we waited.


This is the view from the castle.



and another view from the castle

How many girls can you get on a cannon? well in this case you can get Sarah, Jessica, C, Beth, Amy and Becky!!



this is the one o clock gun. They actually fire this gun every day at one o clock.
\ There are these little holes in the wall i think maybe where they would shoot guns/cannons from and we all decided it would be fun to sit in them and take pictures.