Edinburgh
Trip Start
Jun 28, 2008
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Trip End
Aug 29, 2008
Edinburgh,
Scotland,
United Kingdom
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Edinburgh Castle is in the centre of the city and again there is a steep hill to climb to get to the top. It is on the top of a street called the Royal Mile. This street is full of shops. Aunt Suzanne and I climbed up to the castle and waited in a long line to buy our tickets.
This castle was quite different from Stirling Castle. It had more buildings and was quite hilly. The oldest building in the castle was St. Margaret's Chapel which was very small and could probably only seat about 10 people. This Castle is still used as a Garrison so there were building that were not available to the public
Edinburgh Castle
. I did get to see the crown jewels of Scotland and the Royal Palace with rooms decorated as they would have been in the 13th century.After the Castle, we went to a little tea shop and had some lunch and then searched from mom's Lilliput Lane store... no luck... it is no longer in business.
In the evening there was a university dinner at the house, so we came back early and got ready. The food was very good and I got to meet the people Uncle Andrew works with and got some good advice on the cities I will visit on my trip.
