Keep your black and white, I'm thinking tartan :)

Saturday was definitely a marathon day.  We rolled out of bed and got down to breakfast by 8am.  They served us a full english breakfast which was pretty good.  We embarked on the city and first headed to the Edinburgh Castle.  Here we got a great view of the city and saw cool stuff like the Scotland crown jewels and the Stone of Destiny.  The stone of Destiny has been an integral part of monarch coronations for a long time and even be used when Prince Charles becomes crowned King.  It can be seen placed under the throne during the ceremony (I'm excited for that to happen because I can honestly say I've seen it in person).  Afterwards, we headed down the street to the Scottish Whisky Experience.  Famous in Scotland as their drink of choice we learned about the process that it takes to produce the drink.  I also have learned that Irish Whiskey is spelled with an "e" and Scottish Whisky without.  We grabbed some lunch in their restaurant that was pretty good.  I had a bacon and cheese sandwich with chicken soup (turned out to actually have beef in it so I'm not sure what happened?).  From here we trekked down the royal mile to visit the other places on our agenda such as the cathedral, adam smith's grave site (founder of modern economics), and the royal palace.  All were quite enjoyable :)  Tired as we were it was now time to climb up to Arthur's Seat to capture a breathtaking view of the city.  It was intense, but worth it.  We saw the entire city and were able to pick out places that we had visited during the weekend.  You could see everything!  Oh and I accidently lost one of my gloves on the way up so we were looking for it on the way back down.  Just as we gave up all hope it turned up and it was really funny.  Also, the girls and I passed the time on the way back down by singing songs.  It was a hoot!  We made the uphill trek all the way back to Princes Steet (where our hotel was) and then we took a rest and planned out ghost tour.  The ghost tour was neat because it took us down into the underground vaults of the city.  They are supposedly haunted and claimed to be the most haunted place on earth.  It was kind of silly, but fun as well.  We headed back and went to bed because we were all literally exhausted.  It was a great day though!