Got up after not the greatest sleep. Stashed the bags in the hostel and did pretty much the same walk as we did last night, today doing the full length of the Royal Mile. All the way down to the Holyroid palace and the new parliament building being built. Then back up the Royal Mile to the castle. There were plenty of nice buildings along the way. We passed the occasional person carrying fragrant fish and chips but we were unable to find the source. Ended up eating a stuffed spud and as we were eating it next to the castle we were scared shitless by the 1 o’clock gun. Not the best noise in the current climate.
So we decided to tour the castle and they provided us with a CD informative Audio guide. It was cool. Just put in the number of the area/exhibit and listen and learn. Several hours of this sent us into information overload, but we did learn some really cool stuff. I would need another diary to write all the stuff we learnt about Scotland over the week. The most impressive sight was the canon they call Mons Megs. Its balls were 18 inches in diameter. A hit from one of those suckers would leave you seriously fubar. The oldest building in the castle was from about 1200 give or take. This was also the location of the Scottish crown jewels and the destiny stone, which works together with the coronation chair we saw a week ago. The views on the city were awesome. Probably why they put the castle here so many years ago.
Back down the Royal mile and Zuz had a craving for fish and chips. We finally found the source and went in. Somehow Zuz ended up on her knees begging for the fish and chips as she had no more money left on her. The dude was real funny and dished out the huge pieces into the paper wrapping. It was delicious, beautiful fish, Yummy. As we were beat we sat in Starbucks for an hour and admired the castle. Then it was back to the hostel to pickup our own 18 inch cannonballs and lug them to the bus station some 1.? Km away, stopping to take some photos of dusk on the way. We had a full bus, but at least we had enough leg room. Three stops later we were back in London at Victoria station.