Day 3 in Scotland

Today was a great day! We started the day by taking a long walk to the Palace of Holyroodhouse. The entire place was amazing, but we think our favorite spot as a group was the Holyrood Abbey. It was the ruins of the church that used to exist on the grounds. Afterwards we hiked Arthur's Seat, which is the highest of seven hills in Edinburgh. On the way up we saw St. Anthony's Chapel. Although the chapel is in ruins, it is still very beautiful. When we reached the top there were many gorgeous views looking over Edinburgh. After the descent we headed off to lunch. We stopped to shop at a couple stores on the way and picked up souvenirs. At lunch, all of the kids tried haggis, which is ground up sheep stomach... we all loved it (except Brennan,) followed by eating sticky coffee cake and cheesecake. After lunch we headed out to The National Museum of Scotland. Our group mainly looked at the Roman artifacts. We were even able to translate a few passages from them. After all that we headed back to the apartments for some needed rest. Today was our last day to tour Edinburgh. Tomorrow we will be setting off to our next destination, Carlisle.

Sincerely, Eli and Brad.