• UK 2023
    A knight guards the entrance to the castleFire!11View from the castle wall2St Margarets chapel. Grandmum would have been allowed to get married here for free.The chapel is quite small, so if you get married here you'd better not invite many friends2Annabelle picked up a new hat from the souvenir shop outside the castle gates

    Edinburgh Castle

    June 26, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Today we visited Edinburgh Castle. Set on a rocky outcrop in the middle of the City, you can see why the Scots chose build a castle there. From the outside the castle bore a strong resemblance to Hogwarts, but alas there was no magic inside just hordes of tourists. Maybe because we are two weeks in and the novelty of old buildings is starting to wear off... but it felt like the site would have benefited from some more interpretative signage. Interesting fact... inside the castle is the oldest building in Edinburgh "St Margaret's Chapel". According to a reliable source if your name is Margaret you can get married in the chapel for free... for anyone else, it costs £20,000.Read more