A curious mind

Started the day off with breakfast at the BnB. I tried Haggis!

It's quite a walk up the hill to the Edinburgh Castle. "It was big. Lots of stairs" (T's words). Oldest part of the castle dates back to 1200 (the chapel). The crown jewels of Scotland (the Sword, the Scepter, and the Crown) are in a chamber with the "Stone of Destiny". They wouldn't let me sit on the stone. Something about being king.

One of the canons was this monster that would shoot a ball 2 miles. T and I together couldn 't move one of the balls.

I can't imagine anyone dumb enough to try and take this place. It's hard enough to get to now.

Got some great pictures on the way down from the castle where T was having a bit of a sword fight with this Braveheart dude. Talked to him for a bit after and found out he was an extra actor in Gladiator.

Stopped on the way down the hill for a beer at "Deacon Brodies". He's the guy who invented the gallows and had the misfortune to commit a crime 2 weeks later and get the same device used on him. There were a few guys in Brodies wearing kilts. They were the Royal Scot Dragoon Guards.