LISA Edinburgh Day 3 The rainy morning convinced us it would be wise to catch the bus to the Museum on the Mound (a.k.a. the money museum). Having a different guide added to our ever-increasing knowledge of Scottish myth, legend and history, although we're not quite sure which is which. At the museum we feasted our eyes on £2million, all unfortunately stamped with a big CANCELLED. We also cleverly cracked a safe, but unfortunately some kids had done it just be...

LISA Edinburgh Day 2 The Castle was our first port of call today and I was keen to see where the Military Tattoo takes place. It took me a while but I eventually realised that it is staged out the front of the castle in what is essentially the car park. Ah well. We joined a free guided tour and found out some of the chequered history of the Castle, and realised just how much the Scots hated the English - they knocked the castle down to stop it being used by ...

LISA Edinburgh Day 1 Our first night in Scotland was ungraciously disturbed by some noisy Frenchmen, but as they weren't natives, we decided it would be ungracious to judge the country by them and, after a bit of a sleep-in, headed off to buy our 48hr Royal Edinburgh Tickets. These got us entry into Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse (royal residence in Edinburgh), and the Royal Yacht Britannia, as well as 48hrs of sightseeing bus passes on 4 diff...