We absolutely loved Edinburgh. It was moody and beautiful, it was about the size of the Des Moines metro area, and so much history. Just..

Makar's Mash Bar is a TripAdvisor "Best of the Best" restaurant, the #1 casual eat in the UK and #9 in the world for the past seven years.

Real Mary King's Close was rated 2024's top UK attraction by TripAdvisor. We visited it and St. Giles Cathedral on our first full day.

Craigmillar Castle is Edinburgh's OTHER castle, but is in beautiful ruins.

I love "The Crown," although I'm not a royalist. A has watched the episode about the royal yacht's decommission, so we visited it.

A wee bit of Scotland - A and I travelled to Edinburgh this past summer. We stayed at the Ocean Mist Leath and visited Cramond Beach first.