Well, we finally went to Edinburgh castle. I have to say it was slightly less impressive than I had thought it would be. I mean, it is a spectacular setting and the size is quite impressive. But, I guess I just thought it would be more restored to it's original slender inside the place. The main thing I was interested in seeing up there were the crown jewels. The official crown, sceptre and sword of Scotland are housed there. Being the jewel nut I am, I was anxious to see and read about the crown and its stats. The tiny room where the jewels are housed doesn’t let you really get a close up view, and there is no plaque telling you the materials in the things nor is there any information about when they were made and where. I was looking for something telling me that the crown has 58 freshwater pearls, 29 carats of diamonds, 33 carats of rubies and so on…. The sceptre has a huge clear stone on the end of it, but nowhere did I find info telling me if it was glass, quartz, or an amazing 77 carat white sapphire! I looked online and found out it’s only quartz crystal…. But pretty cool nonetheless. But it should have been on the freaking display in the jewel room! Anyhow, it was a nice walk up there and the views of the city are truly spectacular. Simon and I got memberships to historic Scotland so we get into a lot of the castles and abbeys for free. So, we’ll probably be back when guests come into town.
I’m starting to feel better this week, but I had a little relapse on Thursday. Marius got his second vaccination for meningitis then too. He’s OK, but the injection site is still red and a little swollen. Not that he seems to mind at all.
We’re not sure what we’ll do tomorrow, but since there’s no construction on the Forth Road Bridge, we may head into county Fife for the day. I’ll try to remember the camera and post some photos.
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