Scotland Day 4

After breakfast we walked 1.4 miles to pick up our hire car for the rest of the trip.  Although the walk was really just about getting to Hertz, the beautiful sights continued.  Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures as we were lugging all our stuff, but Princes Street was looking stunning and we noticed new churches, statues and monuments.  It is hard to convey exactly how much is packed into this city and it's hard to do it justice with words and photos.  Edinburgh is a place you have to experience to fully appreciate all it has to offer.

We did stop briefly here to check directions and Steve grabbed a coffee.

All around the city are different themed photographic displays.  The snowflakes are part of one on patterns in nature.

Our hire car is an Audi A3 (not what we were expecting but hey - we'll take it J) and we headed out of Edinburgh and up the A9 to a wee village called Carrbridge, and here's a photo of the old bridge over the river Carr, taken from the new bridge over the river Carr.

We had a fabulous dinner at a local hotel, met 3 Uno-playing Aussies doing a similar trip to us, but in the reverse direction.  It was nice to have a chat - one was a journalist with the BBC, one a deputy head teacher at a London primary school and the other a building manager for an international bank.  They were nice guys and were very patient with the kids million questions.  Plus there were dogs in the pubs which is a touch we love J