Well today I made it to Edinburgh. It was a fairly long ride releative to my train rides to date, but I met a couple also on holiday and a guy born and raised in Edinburgh to chat with. At the end of my trip I ran into a girl born and raised in NYC who had just completed college at GW and was "avoiding life" by traveling for a year. Must be nice to pay for college with loans and then spend the money on travel afterwards... Anyway, I got to Edinburgh around 1330. After about half an hour of walking I made it to my hotel, dropped the bags, and hit the Royal Mile. Nothing too special there other than some interesting architecture. Grabbed lunch at a pub along the mile, then headed up to Edinburgh castle and did the tour there. A very impressive place. I've included some pictures below and in part 2 (cause Picasa won't load more than 4 photos at a time).
The castle from a road that runs up along side the battlements.
St Theresa's chappel, the oldest building in the castle (built around 1200).
The two statues at the gates to Edinburgh castle are Robert the Bruce and Mel Gibson...at least according to our Scottish guide :-)
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The castle looks so beautiful against the green meadow....
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