We have spent the last two days in Edinburgh and the day before we stayed in Alyth, with a cousin of Courtnie's neighbours from home. The family owns a working farm that has a gift shop, cafe and self-catered lodging that they converted out of old stone farm buildings and she gave Courtnie and I a room in her house for the night which was very kind!
While in Edinburgh we toured the Royal Mile and the Edinburgh Castle. We both have really enjoyed the city, with its architecture and history. What we didn't know before was that there is a lot of Harry Potter history in Edinburgh, which is great because Court is just finishing up the series and I am about to start. J.K. Rowling actually wrote the first book in a local cafe, and she gathered a lot of her inspiration for parts of the book from the city, such as Diagon Alley which was based on Victoria street!
Tomorrow, Courtnie and I are flying to Geneva to start our time in Switzerland!
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| Peel Farm Cafe |
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| The gift shop at Peel Farm |
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| Bon Scott of ACDC memorial in the town of Kirriemuir; the story of Peter Pan was also written in this town, and there's a statue of him as well, but it was raining to hard to get out to take a picture. |
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| Edinburgh Castle |
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| The Royal Mile |
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| View from Edinburgh Castle |
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| War museum building on the castle grounds |
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| The dog cemetery honoring some of the pups |
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| St. Margret's chapel; the chapel is one of the oldest surviving buildings on the grounds, the castle was destroyed at one point but this chapel was spared. |
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| The largest canon, called Mons Meg |
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| One of the War museums on the grounds |
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| War museum |
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| A tribute to In Flanders Fields |
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| Painting above the great hall |
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| Court and the great hall |
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| The war prisons |
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| prisoner's carvings on a prison door |
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| They took a scan and highlighted the graffiti on the doors so it's easier to make out |
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| Victoria street, inspiration for Diagon Alley from Harry Potter! |
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| Cathedral at the city center |
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| The ceiling in the Thistle Chapel |
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| Victoria street |
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| Harry Potter shop! |
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| Joy |
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| Wand selection |
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| Picking up a new twig |
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| Tea time |
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