Finally doing some touristy things...

Hey all - John and Alix here... it's been a few days, so I wanted to remind you. Lots to catch you up on. First of all, we have a place to live! We have settled on an apartment in Musselburgh, Scotland, which is an outlying suburb of Edinburgh. This was a great compromise for us as John's school is out in the country, but we can still enjoy the benefits of a slightly bigger city (restaurants, shops, etc) - oh yeah, there is pub 30 feet from our front door. And this is the view of the river that our apartment overlooks.

Our new neighborhood - we are in the brown building (2nd from far right)

I also wanted to share with you some pictures of our adventure through the city. We started at our AirBNB by the Meadow park and hiked up to Arthur's Seat - didn't look that hard, but there were so many steps.

View of Edinburgh from Arthur's Seat - that is the North Sea in the distance

The view from Arthur's Seat toward the East... we aren't that far from the edge of town

Ruins from a Chapel (~1400's) at the base of Arthur's Seat

Proof that we were both there

A bird at the top of Arthur's Seat... I know he's closer to me

than the Huskie... but really? This was a BIG bird

Then we made our way to the bottom of the Royal Mile, which is a stretch of road full of shops and restaurants making their way up to the Edinburgh Castle.