The Castle

November 12th 2007
While Gina was in class on Monday morning, Nancy and I took a bus to Princes Street and walked up the hill to the castle. As the tour guide pointed out, it takes only eleven pounds to get through the four gates these days; in the past it required some serious weaponry. Some of the architectural highlights of the castle were the portcullis gate and St. Margaret's chapel, which is the oldest build ... read more

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Jeanne Walsh

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I just returned from Edinburgh, Scotland, where my niece Gina is taking a college semester abroad. My sister Nancy and I had a wonderful visit with her there, and I wanted to record my memories before they start to fade. So this is called "After the Fact: My Journey to Edinburgh." I recommend that you choose "Read from the first entry" (Flying out of Boston). Then you can just keep clicking "next journal" at the bottom of each entry to move through it chronologically. Or not! Sorry for the lack of photos in the early entries; I didn't think to photograph the trans-Atlantic journey or... full info

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