While the majority of Scots were out voting, we spent the afternoon touring one of the main attractions in Edinburgh: the castle. Unfortunately, it was a little cloudy.
The great hall had a really cool ceiling; it’s actually the only remaining ceiling of it’s kind in the area.
Then, back into the fog we went.
Inside one of the exhibits I found this informative display:
It’s a fork, everybody.
The jail was pretty cool, as well. There was a reconstruction of the original conditions,
a couple wooden doors with designs carved into them by the prisoners, including this early rendition of (supposedly) the USA’s stars and stripes:
(on the left)
There was also a model ship that prisoners had built during their free time.
As you can see, they had a lot of free time.
Many prisoners also produced crafts for sale, which they passed through the bars of the prison walls during a designated time each day.
Then there was this sign, explaining how the French government made sure the French prisoners were living in relative luxury, while still not actually getting them out of prison. (That’s ok. The prison was eventually shut down in part due to too many French prisoners managing to escape.)
After seeing the castle, we went down into the city for dinner. This lady was giving ghost tours:
We tried some haggis with mashed potatoes and turnips with dinner. It was weird, and kind of tasted like chopped liver. Not terrible, but I wouldn’t eat a whole plate of it myself.
And then we went to bed.
Goodnight Edinburgh!
From Melting Pot to Hot Pot 