{"id":197,"date":"2016-04-06T05:06:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T19:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worktime.dynalias.net\/?p=197"},"modified":"2016-04-06T05:06:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T19:06:14","slug":"5-april-2016-edinburgh-with-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worktime.dynalias.net\/index.php\/2016\/04\/06\/5-april-2016-edinburgh-with-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"5 April 2016; Edinburgh – with sun!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning we visited the Royal Botanic Gardens. While it was not raining, it was overcast and cold.<\/p>\n

\"Tiptoe
Tiptoe through the tulips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I'm
I’m no shrinking violet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We made our way to the National Museum of Scotland in the early afternoon. This was surprisingly vibrant; with the sounds of excited children playing with hands on exhibits – I particularly liked the drums and working models of various engines.<\/p>\n

\"National
National Museum of Scotland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They have a substantial selection of stuffed animals too.<\/p>\n

\"Spot
Spot the small furry creature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As afternoon turned to evening, the Royal Mile was bathed in sunlight – the first time we’ve seen blue skies since we departed Australia a week ago.<\/p>\n

To round out our stay in Edinburgh, we visited St. Giles Cathedral and went on a tour of Mary King’s Close – which is a street with housing and other living spaces buried two stories underneath the current street level of the Royal Mile.<\/p>\n

\"St.
St. Giles Cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hedwig’s cousin is sorry to see us leave this wondrous place; tommorrow we depart for Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.<\/p>\n

\"Whooo's
Whooo’s your daddy?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning we visited the Royal Botanic Gardens. While it was not raining, it was overcast and cold. We made our way to the National Museum of Scotland in the early afternoon. This was surprisingly vibrant; with the sounds of excited children playing with hands on exhibits – I particularly liked the drums and working … Continue reading “5 April 2016; Edinburgh – with sun!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chris-and-gregs-holiday"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worktime.dynalias.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worktime.dynalias.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worktime.dynalias.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worktime.dynalias.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worktime.dynalias.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/worktime.dynalias.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/worktime.dynalias.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worktime.dynalias.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worktime.dynalias.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worktime.dynalias.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}