August 10, 2015 -Edinburgh

We slept in a little this morning and and as Peg was still lounging in bed I went to Starbucks for a dark roast coffee which I bought back to the room and then made Peg her mocha. We took our time getting ready for the day and went to a local restaurant for breakfast where we both had pancakes with sliced bananas and strawberries. This was a welcome break from the traditional Irish/Scottish breakfast which consists of all or part of the following: sausage, bacon, white and black blood pudding, tomato, mushrooms, baked beans, potato scones, white or brown toast and eggs. 

Our first planned stop of the day was to be a photography exhibit of past Tattoos at the National Library of Scotland located on King George Bridge. After viewing the exhibit and spending a little time in the library we continued on the bridge and stumbled upon The Elephant House Coffee House where J. K. Rowling wrote much of the Harry Potter series. We also found that there is a Tour of the Potter Trail which we plan to do tomorrow. 

Continuing on the bridge we came in front of a pastry shop and judging by what was displayed in the window we could not resist going in. I had a glorious piece of cheesecake and Peg had a very good piece of carrot cake. 

A little further on we spotted the National Museum of Scotland and went in to take a look. It is a gigantic building and we spent 90 minutes on one of the seven floors before we needed to head out for a one woman show on Nellie Bly which started at 2:30. We will be back at the museum tomorrow.

The show was very interesting. We are now back in the room until we head out to dinner and our night at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The show starts at 9:00 and I'll report on it tomorrow.

Mostly partly cloudy skies today with only a touch of rain. We just need decent weather tonight.

    Self explanatory 

    Pastry shop

    The animal exhibit in the museum

    Nellie Bly