Our Bed and Breakfast room in Edinburgh.
A little fuzzy, but our room was cute.
. . . and the bathroom was nice too.
Walking around the Edinburgh city center.
Looking down the Royal Mile.
St. Giles cathedral on the Royal Mile.
Looking out across the city from one of the stairways down from the Royal Mile.
Looking across Edinburgh.
The OId Town information center.
Gooood piggy.
Edinburgh Castle, a hulking behemoth of stone at the head of the Royal Mile.
Entering Edinburgh Castle.
The view over the city from the castle.
Lookng over the city from the castle walls.
Mary likes her some castle!
The castle from below.
Walking inside the castle to one of the many museums.
I like to be prepared.
Mary getting ready to do her turn on the catwalk, the catwalk.
Simulation of how heavy leather armor is. Hint: its heavy.
Hmm, maybe I can start a new trend in this.
Mary trying on a modern flak vest and helmet.
Bang!
The chapel within Edinburgh Castle.
Recreation of the crowning of Robert the Bruce.
The entrance to the Scotland Honors.
Cannonballs (rocks?) shot by the Mon Meg, a huge gun given to the Scots by the Dutch.
Mon Meg. This guy could shoot a 325lb rock something like 2 miles.
If it could shoot a 325lb rock 3 miles, how far could it shoot Mary?
Looking inside Mon Meg. Open wide!
Looking out from Mon Meg's platform over the castle walls and city.
Another nice view of the city from Mon Meg.
The castle grounds from high up near Mon Meg.
A very old chapel within the grounds.
St. Margaret's chapel, 12th century.
The Forewall Battery.
Mary in the castle square.
Yarr!
The clocktower of the information center on the Royal Mile.
St. Gile's Cathedral.
Yeah, one expects to see this in Scotland. . .
Walking into St.Giles Cathedral.
I believe this is Robert the Bruce, but I'm not sure.
Walking towards the Scottish National Gallery, just outside the Royal Mile.
The best-named pub in Edinburgh!
Church outside of Greyfriars Bobby.
The grave of Greyfriars Bobby.
The Greyfriars Bobby statue.
Mary next to Greyfriars Bobby.
Mary trying on some new apparel.
Guillotine in the Scottish National Museum.
An analysis of Mary's characteristics reveal that she is a unique and beautiful snowflake. The picture is an actual photograph of her.
Dolly the cloned sheep, stuffed and on display.
Mary in space. . .
. . . before the horrible tragic accident!
Mary trying a driving simulation.
18th century Mary.
Hmm, methinks I need shaving.
A VERY cool loom with programmable patterns!! This is from 18th century Scotland--neat piece of engineering.
The coffee house where the first Harry Potter was written.
Inside, where JK Rowling used to sit. She apparently sat near the back while writing.
Commemorating the first HP book.
Just a typical Edinburgh block.
St. Giles, this sime in sunlight.
Not sure what this is, but it looked neat.
The Scottish Parliment building.
Arthur's Seat, a large hill formed from an extinct volcano.
The Holyrod Palace.
