{Travel} Day 4-Edinburgh: Camera Obscura, Royal Mile & Harry Potter Tour

Day 4 of our trip and it was College Girl's first full day in Edinburgh and we had a very full day planned for her! To catch up on our journey, start here.  Mornings in our flat were my favorite when we'd put the gas fireplace on (it was nice for a glass of wine at night too!). How cozy is this?

OOTD on Day 4.

Skirt: Primark (last year)

Fleece Lined Tights (so good!) Primark

Long sleeved t-shirt: Target

Chambray Button Down (old)

Shoes: Tom's

Necklace: Thrifted

Another morning at Edinburgh Castle. Beautiful!

 Our first stop was Camera Obscura & World Of Illusions. This was a must see on so many lists.

 It's got 5 floors of interactive hands-on exhibits and it's definitely fun for any age!  The view from the top is spectacular.  You wait up here for the show and they let in about 20 people at a time for the show which is so cool!

 After that you can take your time and visit each floor and check out all of the mind bending exhibits.

 This was a fun one and an employee offered to take our photo.

It's all about perspective, right?

 After that, we strolled down the Royal Mile.

 There are so many little shops along the way where you can find tartan-everything!

 Some live music!

 We stopped for lunch at a pub that had vegan fish chips.  They were amazing!

 We didn't get to go into these buildings...we had to turn around to get to our next destination.

{The Parliament Building}

Walking back up the Royal Mile.

We had to get back into the center of town for The Potter Trail, Harry Potter walking tour. This was another highly recommended tour (and it's FREE!).

 Our tour guide Liv was awesome.  You start in the Greyfriar's Kirk cemetery.

JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter in Edinburgh and the city has many ties to the books.  Like this plaque for a poet named McGonnagall who many have inspired a certain professor's name.

Liv handed out wands, I got to be the one in our group of three to hold it. We did a couple of spells while crossing streets.

 This is where the name Tom Riddell allegedly comes from.

Someone made this a Sirius Black memorial and someone else decided to cast a spell there.

This place claims to be the birthplace of HP (what is with that font?) but it's only partially true. She did write in this cafe sometimes but also in another one that her brother in law owned.    You can sign up to join Dumbledore's Army in their bathroom.  The business has to repaint the walls every year because they get so many signatures.

 Finally, you end up in what was most likely the inspiration for Diagon Alley.

Victoria Street, Edinburgh

to be continued...

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