I don't know why Edinburgh seems to be my favorite spot that we visited in the UK, unless it has to do with my family connection to the border clan Johnstones, reivers and rustlers of long ago.
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| Piper at Gretna Green, just across the border from England |
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| Haggis there in the center, not near as bad as I anticipated |
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| Our Insight Tours Group at Edinburgh Castle |
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| Inside Edinburgh Castle with the Forth of Firth in the background |
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| Looking down on the city. The red stone building is our hotel, the Waldorf-Astoria |
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| View to the north |
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| St Margaret's Chapel, from 1130, oldest existing structure in Edinburgh, having been spared by Robert the Bruce when he destroyed the rest of the castle in 1314 |
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| St Margaret |
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| William Wallace |
Windows added in the 20th century inside the chapel.
The castle was a hoot, and then we moved on just steps away to lunch at The Witchery. Shannon looks a little bewitched by the surroundings.
But me, I'm just tickled pink to find on the wine list
Dead Arm shiraz from the D'Arenberg winery, McLaren Vale, Australia.
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| Wicked awesome stuff! |
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