Visiting the Edinburgh Castle

On the second day we were here we trekked around old town and new town, visiting the Edinburgh Castle, the Prince Street Gardens (and playground), the Cathedral (which provided some nice refuge during a brief shower), and a really great vegetarian restaurant, Henris.

To get up to the castle we walked along the Royal Mile, which is "one scottish mile" that stretches between holyrood abbey and the castle. The castle was built on top of the remains of yet another volcano. This country is loaded with extinct volcanoes! The earlier part of the castle was built in the 11th century, but the oldest remaining structure is the chapel which was built in the mid 12th century. You can view a history timeline of the castle here. The castle offers an amazing panoramic view of the city. Scott took a set of pictures and put them together to show the panoramic view. Im having technical difficulties uploading it so check back for it later!

While the view was probably our favorite part, i think Frankie might have enjoyed the old stone canonballs the best, which were known to travel several kilometers toward the sea! Bee liked trying to pick them up. She also loved looking through the castle windows out over the city and the castle park.