We have enjoyed the cozy
little apartment we are staying in. It is just outside of old town, where
Edinburgh Castle is located. And that is where we were heading today. I immediately liked the vibe in this city, or at least this neighborhood. There is a huge variety of restaurants, coffee shops and newsstands all interspersed with historic looking churches and tattoo parlors. We found some amazing coffee, and then took the bus to old town. We ended up on royal mile where you can find all things Scottish (for us tourists) and a few diamonds in the rough in the form of local artisans. We took our time strolled around the shops, had lunch in a pub and then made our way to the castle (yes a castle!).
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| Browsing the Royal Mile |
The Edinburgh Castle is perched impressively at the top of Castle Rock overlooking the city. In fact it looks as if the massive stone walls grew or erupted out of the rock rather than being built. Spiraling out of the mountain like
Minas Tirith. The Scottish Crown Jewels (
The Honours) are on display there, as well as various military museums and memorials. The oldest building on site was a small chapel built around 1130.
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| Edinburgh Castle |
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| rock or walls? |
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| time to pull out the big guns |
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| Candy is thinking of enlisting |
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| Candy and Shawn make pretty good sentries |
While the castle was interesting, the most impressive thing to me was the 360 degree views of the city.
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| Views of a beautiful city |
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| Also....look at that sky! |
On the way back to catch our bus we came across a street performer from Australia that might have stuck around after
this ...or maybe not, but there were tricks and jokes and we were entertained. On the way back I also fell in love with
these, apparently I have expensive taste...even for wellies. :)
~Sara
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