Day 22: HEY GUYS MOM'S HERE

I took a very early train to Edinburgh this morning with the goal of meeting Mom at the airport. After about three hours of sort-of sleep and my first ever taxi ride, I saw a friendly face for the first time in three weeks! It was a good feeling. 

We chatted for a while as I figured out what to do about our accommodation for the night: I had not had the best wifi in Inverness and found out that the AirBnB app for Android does not like to send the messages you ask it to, so I hadn't contacted my host as I thought I had. Borrowed a phone, got the information I needed, and we were soon on our way to Ashley Terrace. We dropped off our bags there (our room wasn't quite ready yet) and went off to explore Edinburgh. 

Our host has an adorable cat named Hugo!

We explored the city a bit--Edinburgh Castle is probably the most imposing one I have ever seen, certainly the most formiddable castle in a working city. It's truly impressive. 

Would not want to storm that castle

We shopped a bit, sat in a Starbucks, and wandered the Royal Mile before toddling off home. A nice introduction to Edinburgh (pronounced Edinbruh if anyone doesn't know, and if you really want to get into it you rool your r).