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The events described occurred on May 26, 2009.

After returning from the Highlands, the weather improved dramatically, and we thoroughly enjoyed our day in Edinburgh. Tom and I explored Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace, and the Princes Street Gardens during our walk about the city.

So last Saturday Martin and I headed to Edinburgh at 9:30 a.m. The train ride over was very comfortable and easy. There were probably six or seven stops on the way, including three in Edinburgh. We got off at last one. The train station is actually a little below what is street level in the city, and to get out of it you just had to walk up a street that runs through the station. It was a busy place full of people who looked like they knew what they were doing. We didn’t. I was reading my guide book the whole day looking like an idiot. It was great.