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Posted on February 13, 2016

22 September 2023

Now we’re sitting on our flight home waiting for take off. It was a great trip, and Scotland is a beautiful country filled with friendly people. But it will be nice to be home. Next stop, USA! EDI ✈️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸 ✈️ JFK ✈️ IND 🚘 🏡

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22 September 2023

We finished our day by meeting up with our friends Owen and Tam, and walking Princes Street before dinner.

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22 September 2023

After lunch we toured St. Giles cathedral. From the Norman conquest, to John Knox, to today—this church has seen a lot of history.

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22 September 2023

After Holyrood, we explored some of the “closes” (narrow public roads for pedestrians), and found a great Italian restaurant for lunch.

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22 September 2023

Yesterday we toured Holyrood palace, which annoyingly forbids photography of its interior. (I still snuck in a few when they weren’t looking!)

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22 September 2023

Catching up… Wednesday was a travel day, driving from Nairn to Edinburgh. Our only real stop was at Tomatin distillery between Inverness and Pitlochry. Even though the whisky wasn’t my favorite, they put on a really great tour.

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20 September 2023

I had the full Scottish breakfast this morning because the late departed Mrs. Flannigan would be disappointed in me if I hadn’t. On our first trip to Scotland many years ago, we stayed for two nights with our friend Owen at his Mum’s house, and Mrs. Flannigan seemed very concerned that we would starve in […]