
View from right outside the hostel

Edinburgh Castle

Pretty imposing outer walls

Edinburgh Castle entrance

William Wallace

Robert the Bruce

Castle street

Mons Meg, a bombard built in 1449. It could only be fired a maximum of 8-10 times each day because of the heat generated by the powder charge.

St. Margaret's Chapel. The oldest building in Edinburgh Castle, built in the early 12th century.

Stained glass window of William Wallace, located in St. Margaret's Chapel

The portcullis

View into the city

Castle keep

Broadsword

Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, scaled these cliffs with a small band of fighters and captured Edinburgh Castle in 1313

West Princes Street Gardens

View from Edinburgh Castle

George Heriot's School

St. Giles' Cathedral

Donaldson's College, a school for the deaf

Holyrood Palace

Calton Hill

The Royal Mile

Deep fried Mars bar. It was delicious.

The Tollbooth Kirk

The Scott Monument, in honor of the author Sir Walter Scott - he wrote Rob Roy and Ivanhoe.

View of the Scott Monument from West Princes Street Gardens

Greyfriars Church

Square just off the Royal Mile

West Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh Castle

Apartment building on the Royal Mile

Scottish Parliament

Another view of the Scottish Parliament

Edinburgh at night

Edinburgh Castle at night

Murrayfield Stadium for the New Zealand vs. Scotland Rugby World Cup match, Pool C. New Zealand won 40-0.

New Zealand warm-ups

National anthems

The Haka

Scrum

New Zealand line-out

All Blacks attacking

All Blacks about to score a try

All Blacks successful defensive stand

Scotland attacking
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