Ireland/UK 2009 - Days 9 & 10 Edinburgh Scotland

We arrived in Edinburgh on Friday night (day 8) and promptly crashed. Earlye the next morning we took the train (within walking distance from the hotel) into the city centre. It was a short walk from there to Holyrood Park where the Gathering 2009 was being held. You can see just behind us in the first picture Arthurs Seat (a local landmark) and the surrounding hills, remember them for later.







One unexpected yet very cool thing was that HRH Prince Charles made an appearance and officially opened the gathering with a short speach. We were actually so close to the stand where he was speaking (<25 feet) that we couldnt see him cause of all those next to us :) Nonetheless it was cool to see royalty. This pic was from about 10ft away as he strolled along post-speach.



Remember those huge hills from earlier? Eden is perched on the edge of one of those in this shot. Thats where she was when she called you Mom/Dad/Leah!



Claire was a little mountain climber too.



Oh yeah, and there were actually some games too :)





The much fabled Caber Toss.







One of the few shots we took of Edinburgh city :(



Not even Wensleydale?





This is Eden and her friend that she met at the swimming pool in the Hotel in Edinburgh (an Irish family on holiday).