We are on the train to Edinburgh, due to arrive at about 12:30. This is definitely the way to travel. It's smooth and quiet, so we are getting naps in. We had breakfast on the train. We just pulled into Newcastle and the next stop should be Edinburgh.
8:00 PM
We got in a few minutes early and then got lost immediately after leaving the train terminal. Turns out that the maps need to be 3 dimensional. The street we thought we would go down to the hotel was up on a bridge that goes over the whole terminal. We took a side street up a pretty steep angle, but it beats carrying the suitcases up stairs.
We found the Bank Hotel easily after that. It's on the Royal Mile.
The room is very entertaining with anatomical diagrams and display cases full of specimens that the doctor the room was named after might have once had.
The Bank Bar is right below our rooms. You need to leave the room key with the bartender when you go out. I suppose skeleton keys are hard to replace. One advantage of staying here is that guests have a special license - the bar closes at 1:00 AM, but we can go down any time of the night and get a pint.
We walked up to the castle and then down through the gardens and below it. Unfortunately, there were casualties in the war on the streets of London. Jack 0, streets 1. A blister on the foot. Linda had the same problem. The most seriously wounded (Jack) returned to the hotel while the others went souvenir shopping. We will probably go downstairs for a quiet beer before bed.
More pictures of Edinburgh tomorrow. We will probably take the 11:30 train to Glasgow tomorrow.
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