Exploring Edinburgh

10:00 | Royal Botanic Gardens

We took the bus to the Royal Botanic Gardens.
The alpine glass house with the main glass house in the background.
An orchid plant inside the main glasshouse.
This cactus was flowering in the desert section of the glasshouse.

14:00 | Victoria Street and Grassmarket

This is a popular area in the main part of the old town. We walked down Victoria street and found some ice cream and whiskey.

16:00 | Princes Street Gardens

Princes Street is the main shopping street in town. Half the street is shops, and the other half is a large park that runs along the bottom of the hill below the Royal Mile.
The Scott monument dedicated to Sir Walter Scott.
The main pathway along the park.
Looking up at Edinburgh castle.

17:00 | Heads and Tales

An underground bar that is home to part of the production for Edinburgh Gin Distillery.

20:00 | Brewhemia

Hearty meat pies after a long day.