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After the Fonseca vertical on Feb 10, my wife and I are taking the train up to Edinburgh for a few days. She loves planning trips so has already planned many things for us to do, but I thought I'd ask here in case there is something we truly can't miss that might not be on various lists of the "Top 5 Things To Do In Edinburgh".

Wednesday evening we're having dinner and a whisky tasting at the Queen Street location of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. She's also trying to set up another tasting at a different one of their locations, but we haven't heard back from that location yet.

We're also planning to spend an afternoon at Edinburgh Castle. That kind of felt like a "duh" kind of visit.

She's also trying to make sure we have time to visit the Port of Leith distillery.

There are many other things on her list, but we're looking for recommendations since those will likely be better than anything we can Google!

I would highly recommend the underground walking tour of the centuries-old streets and buildings under the royal mile, many of the current buildings having been simply built on top - look for "the real Mary King's close". It's many years since we did this, but I found it fascinating.

Depending on how long you have, consider hiring a car for a day and driving through the Trossachs to Loch Katrine or taking a day trip on a train over to Fort William - which would take you over the Glenfinnan Viaduct (which was famous before the Harry Potter films!)