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Edinburgh Castle: Our first destination for the morning—we took a cab to the castle and looked around. It was such a cool castle and was a great starting point for the day.
David Hume—the statue we saw while walking around the Royal Mile. The Royal Mile is the main road down the center of Edinburgh with a lot of restaurants and stores.
Incredible architecture—in walking around Edinburgh, I felt so incredibly lucky to have a change to see the city. I didn’t care really if I got a little lost because it is such a beautiful city.
Nearby lunch at Crags again. Meg and I split cheese/bacon fries, but then realized that the food here is very different. The bacon is not at all the same, but the fries are still really good.
Bus ride to Rosslyn Chapel—we missed the memo that the bus was leaving from a different locale, but luckily the bus came back for us so we could see the chapel.
Unique carvings—no two carvings in the chapel were the same, and I could honestly have spent days in there looking at all of the different details.
Rosslyn Chapel—this was an incredibly ornate chapel that is featured in The Da Vinci Code that is rumored to have the Knight’s Templar Treasure beneath it. Unfortunately the outside was under some restoration construction so we didn't get a great view of the outside, but the inside was amazing! No two carvings are the same, and the apprentice pillar is one of the most beautiful parts of the chapel. The story goes that the master apprentice got jealous of the pillar so killed the apprentice, and as punishment, his work was covered and only revealed centuries later when it was discovered.
Gallivanting throughout the city looking for dinner—apparently a lot of restaurants are closed on Sunday nights. We ended up at a place called Koko and were quite happy. Meg and I treated ourselves to super girly drinks, and it was so fun to watch them being made. I wish I got to see the restaurant on the weekend because it was a pretty stylish place.
Holding down the dance floor—we ended up at a different club called Sin. We got there around 10 and NO ONE was there! The 5 of us held down the dance floor and left the club in good hands when we left at 12 after having gotten the party started. It was so fun to dance to the fun British pop music—Meg and I left with some great new songs and a few obsessions for British boy bands.

July 4