Scotland 2009 - Part 2

Edinburgh Castle

Wednesday - September 9th 2009

Today the weather was really nice, the sun was shinning and there was no cloud in the sky. After breakfast we took the bus to the city, bought some food for lunch at Marks & Spencer and then walked to Edinburgh Castle.

Edinburgh

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

The queue for the tickets was already long and so it took us some time to get into the fortress. Finally we were inside the castle and from the castle courtyard we had an amazing view over Edinburgh, we could even see the sea in the distance.

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh seen from the Castle

Edinburgh seen from the Castle

Edinburgh Castle was built on Castle Rock and offers several museums. We saw all of them. One was very interesting, because it showed the functions of the castle throughout the centuries. The castle also housed the Scottish National War Memorial and the National War Museum, which were very interesting as well. The highlight of the castle tour was the One O'Clock Gun Ceremony. The gun was established in 1861 as a time signal for ships in the Firth of Forth. 

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle

Before we left the castle, we visited the treasury room to see Scotland's Crowne Juwels, and we had a wonderful lunch outside while enjoying the nice weather.

Edinburgh Castle

After the castle we walked through the city to Carlton Hill and later we did some shopping on Princess Street.

Carlton Hill

View from Carlton Hill

View from Carlton Hill

Carlton Hill

Edinburgh

Later we returned to our B&B to relax and get ready for the evening. Since we weren't that hungry, we decided to have dinner at the Baked Potato Shop again. Afterwards we spent the rest of the evening with some beers and fries at the Hard Rock Cafe again.

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Hard Rock Cafe Edinburgh