If Calton Hill is my favorite place to be in Edinburgh during the day, then The Royal Mile is my favorite place at night. This was taken on the Mile just outside St. Giles Cathedral, which I showed the interior of early in my trip. As the name suggests The Royal Mile is about one mile long, but that's a Scots Mile. Which is longer than an English mile and don't ask me how it compares to an American mile because I still can't sort that out. Technically it's just a name and actually the road that stretches all the way from Edinburgh Castle up on the hill, down to the Palace of Holyroodhouse is actually made up of (west to east) Castlehill, the Lawnmarket, the High Street, the Canongate and Abbey Strand. During the day it's quite touristy but at night it's quieter and easier to imagine one really is back in the 15th to 17th centuries or perhaps even earlier! #blogmanay