Our Day in Edinburgh

We got up pretty early this morning in order to hike Arthur's Seat, which is a hill in Edinburgh, Scotland.  The view was fantastic, and we took lots of pictures!  After the hike, we were free to spend our entire day just exploring and enjoying Edinburgh.  We got souvenirs, went shopping, had great food, and saw some pretty amazing places!  We went to the Edinburgh Castle, the Elephant House Cafe (where J. K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter!), St. Giles Cathedral, Princes Street, and many other places.  All in all, Scotland was a great place to visit!  I wish we could have spent more time there, but I really enjoyed the time we had. :)

And, here comes the hike!  It took about a half an hour to hike to the top.  These next few pictures are just a few of the many I took on this hike, the view was just so beautiful!

Lauren and I about half way finished!

We made it to the top!!

Sarah and I happy to be finished and enjoying the view!

Hayli, Me, Lauren, and Kathryn

Prof. Underwood telling us the significance of this hill.  When Orson Hyde was a missionary in Edinburgh, he would often come to the top of this hill in order to pray and become closer to God.

The entrance to Edinburgh Castle

Scotland is famous for their amazing shortbread cookies, so we had to try some of course!

St. Giles Cathedral

The Elephant House Cafe!! 

Grave of Adam Smith: Famous Economist; Author of The Wealth of Nations

I took a picture of a spiderweb... Somehow I got the camera to focus, and it looks pretty dang cool. :)

Of course, this is only one of the many bagpipe players we saw on the streets today!

Prince's Street

We found this antique bookstore that was COVERED in books.  There was literally no empty wall space in the entire store.

Hailey and I decided to have a picnic in our room, so we bought some things at the grocery store, and it was fantastic!