We pick up with Paige's family in Edinburgh for 2 ½ days, where they can actually walk to most of the best attractions all off the Royal Mile such as The Real Mary King Close Tour, St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh Castle, The Scotch Whisky Experience Tour, Tartan Weaving Mill, walk to Arthur’s Seat and see a panoramic view of Old Edinburgh and more with all the shops to visit too. Another option is either taxi or take the bus near the Waverly Station/Royal Mile and see the The Royal Yacht, Britannia bus or the Botanical Gardens near there too or why not catch the bus near Waverly Station and take the 45 min to Rosslyn Chapel from the DaVinci movies. Even though they have been to the coast, Dean’s Village which is a 30 minute walk from the Royal Mile is a beautiful village to visit. If time allows, I also recommend going to see the Greyfriars Bobby, a skye terrier who guarded hits master grave for 14 years. Rubbing it is suppose to bring you luck, walk the cemetery just behind Greyfriars Café and then return to the café for the most wonderful 
skink soup. They can still use a Hop-On, Hop-Off bus from the Royal Mile or anywhere around that area with narrative of famous places as well. And, there are lots of walking tours such as the Ghostly Underground Vaults Tour or Ghost Tour Pub Crawls. I also enjoy an evening of music in one the pubs such as Sandy Bell's or The Royal Oak which are both just a few blocks off the Royal Mile.
One of Paige’s wish was to stay at a Castle so their last evening in Edinburgh, they will taxi to Melville Castle which is claimed to be haunted. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, Sir Walter Scott as well as Queen Victoria on her visit to Scotland at the age of twenty-three. They will enjoy their last evening in the Castle and around the grounds before they head to the Edinburgh Airport the next morning for their trip home to the US. They allowed for a 3-hour layover in Heathrow to shop and get any duty-free items before the last track of their 8-hour flight home.
As you can see, they will experience a lot in just really 6 ½ days since ½ day is on the train to Oban but with beautiful country scenery along the way and the last day is all traveling – adding this up to 8 days total. Imagine what you can do and see if you did a 14-day trip to the UK.
Stayed tuned for my next few blogs where I will cover areas you can see with more time, to include those off-the-beaten attractions that you don’t hear about as much on the internet. One example is the The Clootie Well and its bits of cloth and clothing hanging off the trees and bushes. I hope this peaks your interest, so til next time! ~Gwen