Our wonderful hostess in Dublin prepared an easy breakfast for us to take with us to the airport the next morning, as we had a 6:30am flight to Edinburgh!
This guys was super excited to spend the day in Scotland!
Plans had to be slightly modified do to the ankle injury, but we still had a great time exploring Edinburgh!
The castle was first on our list of places to see.
We took a taxi from the airport to the castle, only to find out that we were too early...they weren't open yet. So, the taxi driver dropped us off just down the street so we could find a hot chocolate while we waited for the castle to open.
We ended up finding a shop selling haggis for breakfast, and Hayden decided to try it.
Haggis is not on my list of breakfast foods, so I did not join him.
We then hobbled up the street with Hayden and his crutches to tour the castle.
On our way through the castle gates, someone noticed Hayden on his crutches, and asked if we would like assistance, including a ride up to the top of the castle. We graciously accepted. Furthermore, when I went to buy the tickets, they didn't charge me for my ticket, as I was his 'Care giver'. They also gave us free headsets to listen to the self-guided tour with.
We were driven to up the castle (something I didn't know was even possible before), and given special access at every turn. Everyone there was really so very helpful.
Some views of Edinburgh from the castle.
Hayden in front of Mons Meg.
We have a photo of him sitting inside the barrel of the gun as a one year old.
He was very excited to get back there and see this huge gun (although he didn't want to attempt climbing back in it).
After maneuvering the cobblestones, and narrow passageways in the castle on crutches, Hayden was pretty tuckered out. His hands mainly, were screaming with soreness from the crutches.
So, we found our friendly driver, who took us back down to the castle entrance.
And then another driver was kind enough to drive us down the Royal Mile a bit.
We decided to hop on a tourist bus to see the city, since walking on foot no longer fit into our plan.
Here's a few of the sites we saw along the way...
A man in a kilt, playing the bagpipes is a must in Scotland, right?
The backside of Edinburgh Castle.
We were blessed again on this trip, when we decided it was time to head back to the airport.
As luck would have it, our sight-seeing bus stopped directly across from the commuter train that went to the airport! But, as we tried to purchase tickets from the machines (no actual person selling them), it would not accept my card! AND you could NOT purchase with cash (which I actually had). Thankfully, a man came up behind us to purchase his ticket, and when he noticed that we couldn't get a ticket, he offered to buy our tickets with his card, and we just paid him our cash. I was so grateful for this act after a long day of sight-seeing, and worrying if we would make it back to the airport in time for our flight.
We made it with plenty of time actually, and flew back to Dublin with no problems.
And crashed into our beds that night.
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