Edinburgh: great city! It's just fun to walk around and take everything in-a good intro to Scotland! Here's Scott's Monument upclose and personal, and a view of the city from Edinburgh Castle. The Castle was OK as far as castles go. Pretty over-priced, actually. Ok, I take that back; it was worth the money during the hours that I visited. There's a tiny little midevil chapel at the top of the castle grounds. Apparently, members of the military can use it for weddings, and there was one going on when I got there. Tourists can't go in the chapel (obviously) while there is a wedding taking place, so there was a big group of site-seers that just kept growing and growing on the hill outside the chapel waiting to see the bride and groom come out. Finally, when the wedding party and guests came out of the church, they were met by this huge group of strangers who just started cheering and applauding. Great moment.

I like the Scott's Monument (for Walter Scott the writer) because it just sits in the middle of a big shopping street and looks glorius in the sun.