Scotland is known for many things. Bagpipes, haggis, Lochness, etc. It is also where the television, the telephone, flush toilets, fridges and penicillin were invented along with many other things. Obviously, we have a lot to thank Scotland for.
Edinburgh was my absolute favorite part of our trip. Edinburgh castle overlooks and frames the city beautifully. Taryn and I got into Edinburgh from Liverpool pretty late so we decided to find our hostel and hit the sack. Navigating the streets of Edinburgh was a bit more difficult than we anticipated but our hostel ended up being really close to the castle. We tried to sleep, but once again, we were failed by our hostel because of the extremely loud partiers in the building.
The morning we woke up in Edinburgh we got an early start and headed to Edinburgh Castle.
Here are some fun facts about the amazing Edinburgh castle:
· Edinburgh Castle is situated on top of Castle Rock, which falls in the Edinburgh city of Scotland.
· Edinburgh Castle is the second-most-visited tourist attraction of Scotland.
· It is believed that the castle was inhabited by human beings as far back as 900 BC, the late Bronze Age.
· Edinburgh Castle became Scotland’s seat of royalty, headquarters of the sheriff of Edinburgh, military garrison and storehouse of the royal gun train, and repository of the nation’s crown jewels and state records, during the Middle Ages.
Also, Edinburgh castle was really great except for the price which will set you back about £17. Taryn and I spent about 3 hours in the castle. Afterwards, Taryn and I decided to take a tour around the countryside of Scotland trying to find castles and/or sheep. Unfortunately, the lack of sleep was waning on me. All I wanted was to sleep, sleep, and sleep. We decided to find a B&B as soon as possible. We ate lunch, found a B&B on the outskirts of town and when we found out it was full, a gracious man allowed us to stay at his house instead for 45 pounds. We took a long nap and then drove back to Edinburgh for a Ghost Tour.
Ghost Tour
Apparently Ghosts are very active in Edinburgh. If you believe in all that stuff I guess. ;). Taryn certainly does and after the tour…I am still a skeptic. We headed to the “vaults” of Edinburgh. In the 18th century Edinburgh built its “South Bridge” to span the valley of Edinburgh. The bridge is built of 19 stone archways and underneath the archway were the chambers or “vaults.” Poorer people later moved in and used the vaults to live and die. Body snatchers were said to store their bodies in the vaults and later sell them to doctors that used them for medical research. Creepy. After the vaults we headed to Greyfriar’s graveyard. There were many reasons the graveyard was haunted but mainly it was
“best known as the burial ground for the 17th century Covenanters persecuted by "bloody" George Mackenzie in the Covenanters' Prison. Since then it has been the site of many hauntings and strange occurrences, including sightings of the ghost of Mackenzie himself"
Our tour guide was very informative and also funny. He definitely tried to scare us by telling us about all of the experiences people have had in the vaults and the graveyard and I have to admit..I was a bit scared! However, nothing other than creepy feelings happened to me or Taryn. It was a lot of fun and I would definitely recommend it to anyone visiting Edinburgh.
Here is a video of Ghost Adventures visit to Edinburgh. They are a bit crazy, but it gives a few cool historical facts about Edinburgh and they visited the same places Taryn and I did.
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