The List to do for the Scotland trip is to make sure there will be a visit down Scotland's famous city, Edinburgh.

I was greeted with the pikes' sound the moment I stepped out the station but there was no one to be seen in traditional Scottish clothing blowing the instruments.

Edinburgh is actually divided into two main areas, The Old Town and The New Town. And our focus, of course, would be the beautiful Old Town which has the Edinburgh Castle, the Queen's Palace and The Royal Mile.

Unlike Sheffield or Liverpool or Manchester, Edinburgh is such a different place. Everything looks very interesting, the people, the music, the buildings, the cultures..... It's really nice to walk along the Royal Mile looking at the buildings surrounding it. And a good work out too!

According to Ashely, the Queen is actually from Scotland. So, she visits the place quite often and was scheduled to be in Scotland one of the days that I would be there. Without expecting anything, both Huey Shean and I went to the palace, hoping to go inside and look around but we came to a sign outside the palace gates, written "Palace Close". So, the Queen really did came.

We saw her!!!!!! NOT............................. lol

Edinburgh has many secrets lying beneath it. Secrets that they will not reveal it until you visit the tours they have prepared for you, which cost $$$$$$$$$. But one thing is well known, the place is hunted. And apparently, badly hunted. How true is it, I am not sure.

So Huey Shean wanted to go for this tour "Mary King's Close" where they bring you down to beneath the buildings, many floors underground (probably 10?), to see a city where nobody knew about only until the late 1700s. The buildings we see in Royal Mile has covered it and we had to climb very down to the close to see how people actually lived many hundreds years ago. It was really interesting and probably one of the best tours I went (though I couldn't really understand the tour guide with his heavy Scottish accent). No cameras were allowed in there (hunted mar).

Edinburgh castle, to me, was not a big deal at all. I was not interested in paying the entrance fee because, I just got out of Mary King's Close, all curious about the history and stories about it. And I don't want to spend that kind of money visiting about.... oh no, I don't even know what is in that castle. LOL

Off to the New Town after completing the Royal Mile (which is actually almost the whole Old Town). Huey Shean took me to this hill where we will be able to see everything in Edinburgh. And we found something that I can relate to Rome or Athens. But sister said it's way different.

Scenary was beautiful. Everything was so pretty. My first destination in Scotland has made me so excited with the place. I am loving it so much.