My overnight train got it around 7:30am. I took a taxi to my hotel and had fingers crossed they’d have my room ready so I could sneak in a nap. The train was comfortable but jet lag made sleep a bit fitful so I’m running on 48 hours of not enough sleep. No luck with my room being ready so I headed out to find a coffee shop for a bite of breakfast.
It is very cold here. VERY cold. I decided to walk around a bit so I set a destination of Old Town and headed out.
I had a nice stroll but it was just too cold to be out for too much longer so I tried the hotel again and still no room.
I stayed in the lobby a bit to warm up and then headed back out, this time to walk the Royal Mile. This road connects Edinburgh Castle to the Palace of Hollyroodhouse.
I made it to the end of the Royal Mile and decided to tour through Hollyroodhouse Palace.
The Palace isn’t open to the public when the Royals are in residence but fortunately King Charles III wasn’t in town. The audioguide was instructional but I’ll be damned if I can remember much of what I learned. Mary Queen of Scots, something something… I need some sleep.
Ruined Hollyrood Abbey was part of the tour and was pretty neat. Rood=cross, so Holy Cross Abbey.
I hiked back up the Royal Mile back to the hotel. Still no room. I went out to grab a bite and had a delicious burger at Bread Meat Bread.
At 2:30pm I was freezing and exhausted. Fortunately my room was finally ready. I hopped in the shower to warm up and then crashed for 9 hours. I feel like I caught up on the sleep I’ve missed for the last 48 hours.
It’s 2am and I’ve been watching some UK TV like “Man About the House”. It’s a sitcom from the early 70’s that seemed really familiar. Turns out it was the sitcom that “Three’s Company” was based on. It even had Larry and the Ropers.
After chatting with Mikey for a bit I wrote this up and now I’m going to see if I can sleep for a while longer.
Good night!
Art’s Travel Adventures 
Really good photo’s, Art. You are indeed an Art-ist!!!
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