The picture above is of I believe the Great Hall in Stirling Castle they still use it for parties to this day.
The picture above is of the courtyard at Stirling Castle.
This one is a view of Wallace Monument from the Wall around Stirling Castle
This Tapestry had a role in the movie Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
After the Castle on the drive back to Edinburgh we stopped and saw the Robert The Bruce statue, there are two of these statues in the world, one here and one in Calgary by SAIT now I have a picture taken with both.
We went back to Edinburgh. Sarah took dad, Amy and Alex too see the flat that she was living in, there wasn't room in her car so I stayed at James' flat and wrote in my journal and watched t.v. After we had dinner Sarah, Amy, Beth and I went and saw Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It was the 2nd time most of us had seen it. We had a fun little girls evening. Sunday dad and I went to church with James and Beth and Sarah met us there for Sacrament meeting. Sunday evening everyone came over to James' flat for Sunday Tea (which is what they call supper) Everyone was there except for Iain. After dinner all the men went bowling for James's stag night. Us girls went over to Trish's house and spent the evening visiting and hanging out it was lots of fun.
On Monday Alex, dad and Amy decided that they wanted to go to the Hearts store (football team) and a motorcycle store. That doesn't interest me at all so I did the touritsy thing and took the bus down to Waverly Bridge and got a ticket for the bus tours that you can take around Edinburgh. I got the one that lets me go on any of the tours for a 24 hour period. The picture above is of Princes Street mall.
This is a view of New Register House from the bus tour. Auntie Trish works here I believe.
This is a view of some buildings from the bus.
This is the Scottish Parliment Building. The design has to do with there open door policy, hence why you can see in the windows. It looks cool.
This is the Queens gallery at Holyrood house palace.
This is the Abbey at Holyrood house palace. I was so excited to come here. I had read about it online and really wanted to come. The palace is where the Queen stays when she comes to Edinburgh. There is also a lot of history to do with Mary Queen of Scotts. I got to the Palace just a few minutes before a guide was going to do a tour of the Abbey ruins so I was able to do that. It was really neat to see the ruins and here him explain about all the things that happened here. With my admission to the palace you get an audio guide to use for your tour so it was cool to listen and go through all the rooms in the palace. Your not allowed to take pictures inside the palace because it's a residence of the Queen. It's beautiful inside. I did buy the guidebook which has pictures and talks about everything.
This is me standing inside the Abbey.
This is Holyrood House Palace
Me in front of the fountain at Holyrood House Palace
After lunch at the palace I got back on a tour bus and continued around Edinburgh and saw lots of other neat buildings. Above is Grassmarket
This is a picture of Arthur's seat. It looks like the head of a lion. It's magnificent to look at. I kind of wish I could have climbed it but I didn't!
This is just one of many neat buildings around Edinburgh. I love that everything is made of Stone and is so old.
This is a private school that J.K. Rowling modeled hogwarts after in the Harry Potter books
This is St. Andrews Square it always looked busy. It would be a nice place to sit and read a book.
I took another bus tour out to Leith to Ocean Terminal it's a mall and also has the Royal Yacht Britannia docked there. It's now a museum. This is a picture of it. I didn't do the tour. It was already late in the day. I did a little shopping and then headed back into Edinburgh.
This is a funny sign that I saw on the way back from Leith. Definitly wouldn't get my hair cut at this place!
There is a skeleton in the window of this flat. Don't know why but it's funny!
This is one of the observatories in Edinburgh. Dad used to work at one when he lived here.
This is a view of Waverley Station and some I believe Parliment buildings in the background.
This is the Scott Monument on Princes Street. If you climb it you get a certificate. I didn't climb it. But thought it looked cool. I wandered along Princes Street and did some shopping. Got some souveniers and gifts for people. Including at Marks and Spencers. Got to get Battenburg! After that I headed back to the flat and ran into dad and Amy when I got off the bus. We went to the little Chinese restaurant by the bus stop and got dinner and then went back to the flat.
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