It’s hard to believe that Drew and I have been married for five years. Some day’s it feels like we’ve been married so much longer and other’s it feels like our wedding was just yesterday. When we started brainstorming how we wanted to celebrate our anniversary I knew no matter what we did, I wanted to take anniversary photos.
After tossing around a few different trip ideas we decided to celebrate our anniversary by heading back to London and then traveling up north to Edinburgh and Glasgow.
I am still working on putting together a few posts about the actual trip itinerary but I couldn’t wait any longer to show off the amazing photos we took with Siobhan Stewart. It was a gloriously rainy Scottish afternoon and we were a bit worried we might end up rained out of our photo session. Luckily just as soon as we made it to our meeting location the clouds decided to finally part providing the perfect lighting for the evening’s activities
Edinburgh is really an amazing city. Everyone we talked to said it was a must visit location and they were not joking. The Edinburgh Castle over looks the town no matter where you are making it easy to capture from nearly any place in town.
We started off the photo session on the Edinburgh Royal Mile. Our trip was during both the Festival Fringe and Military Tattoo so for the most part the Mile was packed. Luckily Siobhan knew of some quiet locations where we could enjoy the amazing architecture without all of the crowds.
In the square near the Edinburgh Writers Museum.
Behind St. Giles Cathedral
From the Royal Mile we walked down the hill to an area known as Grassmarket. The Grassmarket is famously known as the part of town where hangings used to take place but is now popular for bars and tourists. It also have a picture perfect view of the castle!
Next up we hopped in the car with Siobhan to drive up to Arthur’s Seat. The long dormant volcano is accessible from the opposite end of the Royal Mile but driving saved time and allowed us to find this beautiful Lock.
From Arthur’s Seat you can look back towards Old Town and enjoy a panoramic view of the city. I definitely want to do the hike to the summit next time we visit Edinburgh.
We wrapped up the photo session by jumping back in the car and heading over to Calton Hill on the opposite end of town. Calton Hill overlooks the New Town section of Edinburgh.
This was a part of town we had never heard of and likely would not have visited with Siobhan’s help. The hill has breathtaking views and was the perfect place to enjoy the sunset as a wrap to our anniversary photos.
Looking back on these photo’s I’m already looking forward to the next time we get to head over to Edinburgh and explore the city some more! Keep an eye out for more posts about our Scotland and London adventures over the next few weeks!
Interested in other travel posts? Check out my tips for visiting London as a couple!
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