Today we stayed in the city to take a tour of Edinburgh
Castle. The castle was one of the oldest edifices in all of Edinburgh and sits
imposingly on a cliff overlooking the entire city. I loved learning about the
history or St. Mary’s Cathedral, the Military Prison, and Prisoners of War.
We had the middle of the day free to ourselves, so Claire
and I went to a pub right next to our hostel to get a bite to eat, then we
stopped by the grocery store for bread and food. We enjoyed relaxing mid-day,
which is something we don’t get to do very often.
Around 5 PM, we headed up to the Edinburgh Cathedral to meet
our group and take a tour of Mary King’s Close. The close is basically an
underground city that used to be populated by thousands and thousands in
Edinburgh before it was illegal to live underground. The close is supposedly haunted,
so I felt a bit uneasy when chillingly cold air would brush by my legs. Our
tour guide explained the class system underground; the lower classes lived in a
decent size room, but had to share with up to 3 other families. It was anything
but exquisite.
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