Sunday, September 21 and Monday, September 22

These were our first days in Edinburgh.  On Sunday afternoon we visited the National Museum of Scotland.  The museum holds in its collection many objects from areas we visited.  This included the Lewis Chessmen, the begging badge from the ruins of a church we visited on Harris Island, and a jet necklace from Kilmartin. There was also some interesting Pict rock art.  The more modern section of the museum has "Dolley" the first cloned sheep on display.


We also found time for Sunday Roast at a local pub.


On Monday afternoon we visited the Georgian House.  It is located next to Bute House (Bute House is in the center of the picture below and Georgian House is to the left) the official residence of the First Minister of Scotland.  The Georgian House is an 18th-century townhouse museum owned and operated by the National Trust for Scotland. Built in 1796, it offers a look into the lives of the wealthy residents and their servants during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The kitchen included a spit that turned using smoke from a fire.  In the main house was a talking tube.  The house did not have running water.  Water was delivered each day in small barrels.

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