Edinburgh was the choice destination this Saturday, and it was a great choice. Two Australians accompanied me on the journey. We traveled three hours by train, saw a bit of the ocean, and then started around the city. We started at The Scott Monument, a memorial to Sir Walter Scott, the author of Waverley, and climbed the extremely tight spiral stairs to the top.
Next we walked up The Royal Mile to the Edinburgh Castle. Inside the castle we saw a war museum, watched Mons Meg announce one o'clock, saw the crown jewels, walked through some prison cells, and saw the war memorial.
After the castle, we walked back down The Royal Mile towards the palace. We were a bit short on time, so we skipped the Palace and walked up the hill to the City Observatory. The observatory was surrounded by memorials and had fantastic view of the city.
...and Ivanhoe and Rob Roy and several other books and it's spelled Waverley not like the little town in Iowa. No need to underline the title of a book when writing on the web, a deceptive faux-hyperlink.
I like how the bottom picture doesn't have a crane in it. That is my favorite.
As always, thank you Andy for the spelling/formatting tips. I wrote the last post offline, and didn't have a way to look up spelling, links, or further information. Hopefully, I will have a phone line in my flat soon, so I can dialup some Internet on the nights and weekends.
Thanks for the picture Cam. It looks different than the other one.