Another late start today. Went to Starbucks to access the internet and to have some breckie.
We then caught a taxi to the Royal Mile. First stop was the Camera Obscura. It was built in 1853 by Maria Short an Edinburgh Optician who opened it as a tourist attraction. What forward thinking!!! The camera obscura gives you 360 degree views around Edinburgh. It is live so what you see is actually happening at that moment.
It also has several floors of optical illusions. The view from the balcony outside gives a spectacular panorama of Edinburgh. It was fine again so the views were good.
We had lunch in a café on the Mile and were served by an Aussie girl. We spent several hours wandering through the street performers shows before having a drink in the Balmoral Hotel bar and then heading home for a rest before tonight’s show. It is a way from Princess Street so a taxi will be the order of the day.
The show was a musical entitled “Reel to Real” – The Movies Musical that cleverly wove a story around several famous musicals. The show used actual footage from the shows eg Fred Astaire dancing and Humphrey Bogart speaking famous lines. Some of the songs included: New York, New York; Singing in the Rain; Wash that Man Right Out of My Hair. We both really enjoyed it.
Walked home and survived a rain shower.
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