They have trams in Edinburgh, and we love a tram (we don’t have them in the south west of England), so after lunch we hopped on one, and went to visit the Waterstones in the Gyle Shopping Centre, a 27-minute trip from Princes Street in the city. The centre opened in 1993, with the Waterstones opening there in 2023. There wasn’t really anything to photograph there (apart from the shop) but we enjoyed our visit, largely due to the aforementioned tram trip!
The Georgian House
In the morning, we had visited the National Trust for Scotland’s The Georgian House, one of the lovely houses in the New Town area which is decorated as it would have been in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Whilst there we met a volunteer, in period costume, who many years ago, lived very near where we live in Somerset! The house was very interesting and informative and we enjoyed our visit very much.
Edinburgh by Night
Edinburgh is very pretty and photogenic at night, especially when it has been raining. Luckily the rain had stopped whilst we were outside taking the photos!
Clockwise from top left – Victoria Street, Dundas House (the headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland), the Museum on the Mound, Gleneagles Townhouse, The Balmoral Hotel with its famous clocktower (historically 3 minutes late every day apart from New Year’s Eve, so that people don’t miss their trains at the nearby train station!) the Scott Monument, the Scottish National Gallery.
Janet's Adventures in Waterstones 
The trams are very good and can be “entertaining” when its game day and you are heading to Murrayfield!
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