Thank you everybody for following along. When we left off yesterday we were about to board our British Airways flight from JFK into LHR. I could get used to this flying first class stuff! We were offered champagne or any beverage of choice upon entering the cabin. The seating area is spacious and you have your own power outlets to charge electronic devices. The seats have massagers, recline flat into beds and they give your turn down service! How cool is that!
We were also given a nice toiletry kit with lots of goodies and our own new jammies to change into so our clothes would not get wrinkled. For dinner on the plane DH had a very nice meal of beef cheeks with carrots that were quite savory and very tender. I had tasty ravioli with prosciutto.
When we arrived in Edinburgh we took a cab and checked in to the Sheraton Grand Resort & Spa. The gentleman who checked us in was named Jamie
Despite the fact I was not surrounded by standing stones, this Jamie did not have red hair, nor was he wearing a kilt, DH insisted on nudging me and smirking.
Thanks to the travel hacking we are staying here on points and have Gold status. This comes in handy since we don’t have to check out at noon tomorrow and we can check out at 4pm instead. We were upgraded to the club level in a nice spacious room complete with robes and slippers.
We then went for a stroll to go pick up our tickets for the Royal Military Edinburgh Tattoo tomorrow night. We wanted to keep our bearings and made sure to notice landmarks on the way. Below was my favorite one. I have no idea why half a cow is hanging outside a building window but it made me smile
We were treated to bagpipe music along our walk which made for lovely theme music as we fell in to various tourist traps.
Our stroll included some beautiful architecture and we really enjoyed seeing some of the sights.
We even saw … THE INVISIBLE MAN!!!!
Tonight we had dinner reservations for The Witchery by the Castle. The Witchery restaurant is in a 16th century building. One of our servers was also named Jamie. No red hair or kilt though. The dinner was wonderful and the service was great. We will be checking in tomorrow for two nights in one of their 8 suites. We will be in The Inner Sanctum. Looking forward to that!
This one is for Karen aka Dizdragonfly. Wally and I saw this and thought of you!
