Shopping in Edinburgh
We took the public bus into town today to do some shopping. That almost always puts Trista and Chloe into a good mood. It worked pretty well until Trista’s feet started hurting because of her new boots.
First the public bus is just around the corner from our hotel. Nice. But things didn’t start out so well. We had some trouble figuring out our coins for the bus and since the driver does not give change it had to be exact. The driver got impatient and was rude to us. Maybe she is fed up with tourists.
But we got off the bus on Prince’s street and spent most of the day going in and out of shops. All the shops are on one side of the street and on the other is a park. The castle is up above and can be seen from the whole town. When I first heard the name of the street I thought it was Princess street. However, the street is named after King George III sons. We ate at a KFC in Prince’s Mall. It was okay but KFC in Europe has no mashed potatoes, gravy, biscuits, corn, etc. It is chicken and fries. Weird.
We all bought some things either for ourselves or gifts for others. Then we took the bus back to our hotel when the shops were closing. We ate in the hotel bar. It was expensive but not as bad as some places.
I am married and the mother of six (yes, six!) grown children. I live in western Washington where it does rain a lot but not as much as you think.