Some of the wordly travellers, looking really good and awake at about 5 AM in Gatwick Airport. From left to right, Ruth, Gabrielle, myself and Laura
Wahoo we made it to Edinburgh!
Some fancy looking old building as we walk from the bus stop to the hostel.
We stop in a close (short for enclosure) to take a picture. Gabrielle, Karly, Amanda, Laura and Ruth.
We make it to the hostel and are amazed at the lovely view from our front door. Hello Castle!
The Mercat Cross. A place where important announcements were made. As well as where public punishment and humiliation took place. The two go hand in hand.
The back of St. Giles' Cathedral with the crappy statue of the crappy king, Charles. The Scottish apparently didn't like him much because they didn't really make this statue of him look fancy.
Yes! Bagpipes!
Wandering around through another one of the closes.
Trip step, aka really old burgular alarm. If someone was trying to rob your house and they were coming up those staircases they would most likely misstep on the third step up since it's so small and make a lot of noise and therefore not be able to rob you.
A trip to Scotland would not be complete without a Mel Gibson/Braveheart impersonator.
Skull and crossbones at the cemetary at Greyfriar's Kirk.
Same cemetary with a great view of the castle in the back. Rumor has it that there is a headstone with the name "Voldemort" on it, that Rowling go inspiration from. But since I'm sure some rabid Potter fan would have found it by now, I kind of doubt that it's true.
Speaking of Harry Potter- the cafe where she sat and wrote the first book.
Yay Harry Potter!....Now selling draught beers?
Outline of the castle from the little park at the base of it.
A less dark version of the same picture.
The view of the castle from our room in the hostel.
Hello, Dolly! Like I said, it was kind of creepy.
The Haggis Experience begins.
Gaby and I about to take our first bite.
We survived! And we liked it!
Wooo castle!
Entering the gates
St. Margaret's Chapel
Back of the War Memorial
Preparing to fire the cannon!
Protecting the castle with my massive fire arms.
More of the massive castle.
One of the many scenic views from the castle walls.
Requisite shot of Ellen in front of some monument/location/castle/etc.
Me with Hogwarts in the background (or the inspiration for Hogwarts)
Hogwarts-esque.
The 11 Scottish travellers in front of the castle. Jon, Gabrielle, Maia, Ross, Amanda, Laura, Ruth, David, me, Karly and Adam
So....who wants to go climb a mountain? (Actually kind of deceptive because that's only about half way up)
Me, Jon and Laura about halfway up.
View from almost the top! You can see the sea in the distance.
We made it to the top of Arthur's Seat!
The mighty climbers in a variety of poses.
Sitting on the top because it's too windy to stand. Me with Laura and Ross.
Laura and I enjoying the view.
On the way back down.
That which we conquered...looking beautiful in the setting sun.
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