Being here just a little under 24 hours has given me some perspective of the culture here and it's definitely anti-tourist in the winter. The city itself is beautiful, even though I wish I could be back in York.
York had a homey feel, much like Tours, with the medieval quarters and the cathedrals and the small shops that weren't really tourist-y. Now, we're surrounded by tourist shops and cold stone buildings. We visited the Writers' Museum and St. Giles Cathedral yesterday. The Museum was really neat. It has three different authors tributed: Sir Walter Scott, Robert Burns, and Robert Louis Stevenson. These three men were (and are) Scotland's most famous authors/poets. I was really excited to see that. I also enjoyed St. Giles Cathedral. It was different from the one in York. This cathedral is a Presbyterian church, rather than Anglican or Catholic.
Today, we're visiting Edinburgh Castle and the University of Edinburgh. It's chilly, but I'm looking forward to walking around in the city during the day. The sun rises later here, which I thought was pretty interesting.
Later!
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