Edinburgh

We spent the last few days of our UK summer family adventure exploring a very magical Edinburgh, Scotland. On the train from Durham, we zipped along stone viaducts past seaside villages and sprawling green pastures dotted with white and purple wildflowers. 

Arriving in Edinburgh, we climbed endlessly stretching stairs into the Old City and stumbled upon Victoria Street, which is widely believed to be the inspiration for Harry Potter's Diagon Alley. 

In the Princess Street Gardens, Mia made friends with the owners of an ice cream truck. We bought two cones every day before making our way through the park to admire the view of Edinburgh Castle perched atop craggy cliffs tipping toward the North Sea.

On the last day of the trip, my husband stopped in the world famous Whisky Shop and bought a "nip of the Buckie Road" (a local nickname for Aultmore single malt whiskey). Back at the hotel, we toasted to an amazing trip and many more adventures to come. 

Thanks, friends, for coming along with us on our travels through London, Durham, and Edinburgh! Have you been to these cities or others you love?

~Nel~