On Sunday we had a lazy morning. I made a big breakfast with all of the yummy breakfast stuff we found in the grocery store. We headed out at about noon. First we went to the National Museum of Scotland.
There was a room with interactive exhibits for kids so that was fun.
The other part of the museum is very large and has many artifacts. But the exhibits were scattered somewhat haphazardly over six floors, which was confusing. To me, a good museum goes in chronological order. Period. This one did not, so it was hard to follow. But there were interesting things to see from many different time periods, and it was free so we still came out ahead.
From there we stopped by an old cemetery that is allegedly very haunted. There is the legend of the dog, a skye terrier named Greyfriar Bobby. He was so devoted to his owner, John Gray, that when the owner died, the dog loyally sat by his grave for the next 14 years, until the dog died, too. This statue is right outside the cemetery.
That's not the haunted part though. There are all kinds of reports of ghost sightings at this place. We did not see any when we were walking through, nor did we feel the sudden chill that many people report. But there are nighttime tours of the graveyard and creepy things happen. There is one ghost in particular, that of a man named George McKenzie, who supposedly actually attacks people. We of course, did not go on any scary tour, but apparently this "presence" has caused injury to people who disturb the space. Weird. Here is a link that tells all about it: http://www.wyrdology.com/edinburgh/poltergeist.html.
After our little journey into the scary cemetery, we went to the National Gallery of Scotland.
It is also free! It was a beautiful art gallery. I do not know much about art or art history, but I do really enjoy wandering around art galleries. We spent about an hour there looking at all of the beautiful paintings. Trey did however, come to me at one point to tell me that he saw a painting that was inappropriate. We pushed past that painting and saw plenty of pieces that were appropriate!
We picked up some dinner from the grocery store on the way home and were in for the evening. This morning we packed up the apartment and took a taxi to the airport for our flight to Dublin. The flight was 40 minutes late and we arrived at the airport early. So there was a lot of waiting. But it was not so bad since we found Skittles for the first time since we left Kansas!
The flight from Edinburgh to Dublin is a short 40 minutes. We took a taxi from the airport to the very hip little house/apartment we are staying in. Ben and I found a grocery here a few blocks away. We've had dinner and are in for the evening. We will start exploring Dublin tomorrow morning.
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