The Scottish capital Museums

Mark got up quite early on the next day, thus he went outside our Edinburgh apartment for some breakfast and a paper, then made the coffee and woke me up. We had some peaceful hours and after that headed towards the very first of the many monuments I had on my list.

The one nearest to our serviced apartment in Edinburgh turned to be the National Museum of Scotland, and then we went to the Royal Museum with its Millennium Clock. Mark insisted on viewing the National Gallery of Scotland as he is a great fan of fine art and after that he dragged me to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.

I needed some fresh air and right after our visit down the museums, I convinced Mark we had more than enough for this day and we went to the Princes Street Gardens where we made a picnic. The park was full of moms and dads with their children and they all seemed pleased.

In the evening we headed to the Leith district, that wasn’t that close to the Edinburgh short stay apartment we were residing at, but was so wonderful that we could not resist. We went to the Britannia Royal Yacht, which is on port there and then we went to the Shore, which is an area of fish and chip shops, curry houses and elegant seafood dining places, along with conventional Scottish bars. I picked a nice brasserie called A Room in Leith, which offered a waterside location and we got a good Scottish meal.

Next Mark was the person to choose the pub we left for after dinner and he picked The Kings Wark on the coast, which turned to be a traditional pub on the water. There we had some ale and snacks and stayed really late until we finally got a cab to our Edinburgh apartment.