Corgis and Castles

Our full day in Edinburgh started with a visit to the Queen’s Botanical Garden.  Although it is early spring in Edinburgh–and from what we hear, the weather in Scotland is about fifty degrees and cloudy most of the time–the buds were popping and the crocus and the jonquils bloomed.  After our stroll through the gardens, we hopped over to Leith to see  the Britannia, Queen Elizabeth’s home on the seas.  It’s a grand ship full of Corgis.  They were everywhere, and while Karen enjoyed the ship–I hunted corgis.  We had our lovely soup and sandwiches onboard ship in Britannia’s tea room, and with renewed vigor set off to visit Holyrood, one of the two castles that border the Royal Mile.  It was a lovely day–though now I want a corgi!