Edinburgh Castle

Tuesday, June 28:  Edinburgh Castle was a defense fortress.  The small St. Margarets Chapel within its walls is the oldest building in Edinburgh built in the 12th century.  There was a wedding today in the little chapel that maybe seats 6 people.  Our guide says that Father of the bride loves it.  There are many canons but there is one that looks more modern and is called the one o'clock gun that they shoot every day.  There is a gigantic canon also called Mona Meg that was huge and could shoot a huge canonball 2 kilometers or something like that.  The Castle had a huge Great Hall that the king used to entertain in. The Honours of Scotland and the Scottish Crown jewels are housed there.  The Honours are a sword, sceptor, and crown that was presented to the King of Scotland David I.  There was a room that was the armory filled with swords, pistols, daggers, and spears all mounted on the walls.  We spent the whole day here just soaking up the history and imagining what it was like to live there.