Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Days 3 & 4: Edinburgh

Here's a fun game: Use the clues from this picture to figure out our location.


Now, find the castle in this picture.


The Royal Mile is a succession of streets which form the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh. As the name suggests, the Royal Mile is approximately one Scots Mile long and runs from Edinburgh Castle at the top of the Castle Rock down to Holyrood Abbey.


Preston & Mel Gibson


Preston stands at the top of the Royal Mile in front of Edinburgh Castle, and next to the Tartan Weaving Mill (where we purchased a kilt for Mitch).


A view from Edinburgh Castle

Another lovely view from the castle on the hill


The Great Hall


Mitchell had a peaceful time within the walls of a castle that doesn't have such a peaceful history


My sister and I pose in front of Edinburgh Castle with our dear, sweet ancestor, Robert the Bruce.


Holyrood Palace, The Queen's official residence in Scotland


Holyrood Abbey


We went on a "Ghost Tour" in Edinburgh, where they told us some crazy historical stuff and took us underground to these "haunted" vaults

Vaults


Edinburgh is even more charming at night

St. Giles Cathedral

Inside St. Giles


Isn't that a cute house?



1 comment:

pinkfrostycookies said...

Where are your illegal inside shots of Holyrood Palace? I guess you learned from the murder story there that those Scotts don't mess around.