The Edinburgh Winter Wonderland consists of German and Highland Christmas Markets, an outdoor ice arena, kids amusement rides, and a whole lot of people. Prior to the Cinderella show we had intended to make our way through the entire area, but that was not to be. We ended up saving most of our visit for the following morning, when we could theoretically beat the crowds. Edinburgh was cold but beautiful, with decorations up throughout the city. We have come to love Edinburgh, as we never seem to run out of interesting things to do, and the city is beautiful. Being here around the holidays makes it even more special.
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| Ainsley likes the picture of the Sir Walter Scott monument and the ferris wheel |
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| Looking up towards the Royal Mile with the National Gallery to the right. |
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| Part of the German market with Princes Street in the background. |
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| The pretzels tasted great, we would have bought one this big if we could. |
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| Looking down towards the rides and ice rink. |
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| Ainsley decided she wanted to go on the "hamster wheel" ride. Here she is running to the finish line! |
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| Sunday morning we discovered the first snow of the season. We were all pretty excited, but ask us again in March how exciting the snow is. |
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| There are many stalls throughout the market which sell ornaments, artwork, chocolates, toys, jewelry, and candy. Ainsley got to work on her pretzel while I checked out the Santa nesting dolls. |
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| Part of the German Market |
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| Will and Ainsley go for a quick spin. |
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| A restaurant called The Dome. We hear great things, but have yet to eat here. The holiday decorations on the inside and out were fantastic though. |
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| On the way back to the car we found a Highland Tintin. |
Mmmmm, pretzels. and nice pictures too. The hamster wheel looked like fun.
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