It was pouring when I got out of the pub. I just walked all the way down the Royal Mile to Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Parliament. It's Sunday, so the Parliament wasn't open, otherwise I would have gone in to have a look.
Found a really cute teahouse called Clarinda's.
It had checkered white and blue table clothes and doilies and plates on the wall. I totally wanted to go in for cake or something but I'd just had lunch.
Ummm yes, took pictures, then started walking back up the Royal Mile/Canongate. On the way I stumbed across "The People's Story", a museum about the average joe in Edinburgh from the 1790s to the 1900s. They had life size setups of houses, washhouses, shops, complete with life size human models. It was pretty interesting. Also it was free so I thought why not.
Then I hit Princes St for some shopping :) Got a pair of high waisted shorts from Topshop from the bargain rack!
I underestimated how long it would take to line up and pay for it, so in the end I was rushing because I had to be near St. Giles Cathedral at 3.30 for a tour of Mary King's Close. Mary King's Close is basically a street in Edinburgh that existed in the 1500s. Streets back then were really narrow, and the buildings were really high, because Edinburgh had a town wall, and as the population expanded they could only build upwards. So the buildings were about 11 storeys high, but when they decided in the 1700s to build government buildings there, they basically just knocked down all the levels above about the 3rd storey, and started building on top. So now Mary King's Close is underground, and it's pretty much just a dark tourist attraction. It was still pretty interesting though, and all the stories they told were supposedly real, from accounts and diaries that they've found. Only thing was that the air down there was pretty stale, as it would be if it's been covered up for that long.
Then we just went to grab a bite before our night show at 6 again. We went to find The Elephant House, which is supposedly a really good cafe, and it's where JK Rowling and other famous writers have supposedly written parts of their works. The line was REALLY long. So we just went across the road to another cafe instead.
Our show was "The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik", which was a combination of cartoon, music, and puppetry which told a short (though pointless) story. Despite the lack of story, it was pretty entertaining. The point of the act wasn't for the story, it was more for the entertainment value of all the different aspects, and the puppetry was pretty clever.
I thought the guy was Australian during the show, but I thought maybe it was just the way he was speaking for the show, because he was putting on voices. But at the end when he started saying thank you, and talking about all his other shows and stuff I was like HE IS DEFS AUSTRALIAN. And uhhh... google now tells me he is :)
Pizza and garlic bread for dinner, and there are cakes on the coffee table that look so yummy, but I have no idea how I'm going to fit it into my stomach...
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