Back to England.

After Wales, we headed up to Scotland. We had to take a stop in the Lake District to see Beatrix Potter's house. It was the actual house she lived in. She gave her house and all her belongings to the National Trust and they have kept everything in her house the same as how she left it. A lot of the furniture is still arranged how she had it. It was so cool. (But we couldn't take pictures inside.)




They even kept "Mr. MacGregor's" garden the same! It was so cool!




On our way out, we got kind of lost, but luckily we did because we got this awesome picture!



When we got into Edinburgh, Scotland we had kind of a panic attack. The navigation system took us right through downtown. Imagine the traffic to be similar to Times Square in New York. CRAZY!!! Plus, there was construction, and the road the navigation system wanted us to turn on was closed! We had to figure it out on our own, and the directions we had weren't much help. The fact that the architecture was COMPLETELY different than in England didn't help much either. It made you feel like you were in a different country. Oh wait . . . we were!




We had dinner that evening and went to bed. We were absolutely exhausted from the drive. In the morning, I went down to ask the concierge how long it would take to walk to the castle. He said about 25 minutes, so we thought we could take it. Yeah right. How about more like a 50 minute walk. Our feet were ready to fall off by the time we got to the castle. Then we realized the castle was on a GIANT hill! How rude! Could they have at least thought of future generations that would come to visit their castle? We aren't as physically fit I guess! It was horrible! But it was good training for the half marathon!



There wasn't much to do at Edinburgh Castle, but there were many beautiful views.



And how could you end a day in Scotland without seeing these guys?

Totally awesome!