Greetings from Edinburgh, Scotland!

We arrived yesterday morning and have spent two days in this World Heritage city. The weather has been outstanding ---sunny and around 70 degrees Fahrenheit.

Edinburgh has about 500,000 residents, one million counting the suburbs.   It's a bustling, hilly, cosmopolitan city which sits on volcanic rock.  The city is divided into Old Town and New Town.

Here are a few of the sites we've seen so far

Calton Hill, site of historic battles
and currently home of government offices

Spire of St. Gile's Cathedral 

Getting a proper welcome

Spire is a monument to Scottish author Sir
Walter Scott