Hardage Family Blog: England and Scotland day 6

Up pretty early again and all out the door around 9:30. Went to southern cross for breakfast… very nice. Then we hoofed it up the royal mile to the castle. The girls’ audio downloads were taking forever, so they got the museum audio player. Then into the castle.

There are historical mentions of castle rock back to 600 AD. The oldest building still there is St. Margaret’s Chapel, built around 1150.

A quick snap inside St. Margaret’s Chapel.

After some rest, me, Abigail, and Bailley went out to get a nibble to eat, get cash, and do some souvenir shopping. We went to the same place we had breakfast… man, what good cakes and great sticky toffee pudding. Then we walked down bridge st to an atm and I grabbed a magnet. On the way back we stopped at the local market in the church and I got a print. Then back to the apartment, rest for 30min, get Madison and head to our first tour: witches of Edinburgh. Very informative and very cute.

A couple of cool things from the tour, Deacon Brodies pub is named for the inspiration for dr. Jekyl mr. Hyde. We also walked through the cemetery at Greyfriars, where JK Rowling got a few of the names of characters in her Harry Potter books.