Tourism has been going alright. Yesterday I went to the Edinburgh Castle, sort of an expensive 'tourist' activity, 11 pounds ($22 dollars). This is wear the Scottish Crown Jewels are kept (sort of underwhelming and I couldn't take pictures). This is also where something that is apparently important to the Scottish people, it is called the Stone of Scone. It's actually just a rock that somehow is symbolic of the Scots ability to rule themselves. However, England stole the rock around 1300 and it took them about 700 years to finally give it back. This stone is also the coronation stone for the English. Whenever there is a new king/queen, the stone would travel down to London and then back to the castle. I found somebody at the hostel to go with me so it was pretty fun.
Today I went on a free walking tour (about 3 hours) and it was nice. Albeit sort of strange, but my tour guide was from Australia and he did a fine job nonetheless. After the walking tour I hiked up Arthur's Seat. Essentially a very big hill that overlooks the city. The view was nice and the weather was great today. I'll put some pictures on a little bit later.
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When you get back you'll have to try the "Stone of Scone"ale at the Great Dane to see if it tastes better than staring at a rock.
Sounds like a fun trip so far!
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