I’m a day behind! But here is what happened yesterday (It
was just a very crazy day!)
So we started off the morning with a walking tour of
Edinburgh. It was so beautiful. The views, buildings, and history are just
magical in my opinion. We got to just walk along the streets including High
Street, The Royal Mile, and Princess Street plus many more. We saw different
buildings like the customs house, and my favorite the Elephant House. The
significance of this building is that this was where Harry Potter came to life.
We also passed the street of inspiration for J.K. Rowling for Diagon Alley. It
was just so cool to feel myself there and see her coming up with these
different ideas for these places. We continued through the streets and actually
went to the top of Carlton hill and we had a whole view of the city. I am just
so awestruck with how beautiful it was there.
The next part of the day was to see St. Giles Cathedral. The
significance of the Cathedral was that John Knox created this Parish and
therefore the Cathedral is Presbyterian. I thought that this history was very
cool. I also found it cool with the Order of the Thistle that they have in the
secret chapel to the side. The queen appoints people to be part of this order
and they have services in there regularly. I just found it so interesting that
the small space was used for such important matters.
Then we took a really awesome tour of Mary King’s Close. I
personally had no idea what it would be like doing this tour. However, I had a
blast learning all about it. Basically what happened was back in I believe the
1800’s the city council wanted to create a new Chambers building and decided
they would just cut some of the buildings down and place it on top of the old
foundations of the houses. But in the mid 1900’s someone was doing research
down below and found all of this archeological history. The houses were so well
preserved and were still right there on Mary King’s Close. In our tour we went
through different houses and what it was like to live down in the small spaces
provided. We also got to experience what it was like for people to have the
Plague and how the people responded to it. Then we were able to walk up the old
Mary King’s Close. Close meaning Street by the way!
So we started off the morning with a walking tour of
Edinburgh. It was so beautiful. The views, buildings, and history are just
magical in my opinion. We got to just walk along the streets including High
Street, The Royal Mile, and Princess Street plus many more. We saw different
buildings like the customs house, and my favorite the Elephant House. The
significance of this building is that this was where Harry Potter came to life.
We also passed the street of inspiration for J.K. Rowling for Diagon Alley. It
was just so cool to feel myself there and see her coming up with these
different ideas for these places. We continued through the streets and actually
went to the top of Carlton hill and we had a whole view of the city. I am just
so awestruck with how beautiful it was there. 
The next part of the day was to see St. Giles Cathedral. The
significance of the Cathedral was that John Knox created this Parish and
therefore the Cathedral is Presbyterian. I thought that this history was very
cool. I also found it cool with the Order of the Thistle that they have in the
secret chapel to the side. The queen appoints people to be part of this order
and they have services in there regularly. I just found it so interesting that
the small space was used for such important matters. 
Then we took a really awesome tour of Mary King’s Close. I
personally had no idea what it would be like doing this tour. However, I had a
blast learning all about it. Basically what happened was back in I believe the
1800’s the city council wanted to create a new Chambers building and decided
they would just cut some of the buildings down and place it on top of the old
foundations of the houses. But in the mid 1900’s someone was doing research
down below and found all of this archeological history. The houses were so well
preserved and were still right there on Mary King’s Close. In our tour we went
through different houses and what it was like to live down in the small spaces
provided. We also got to experience what it was like for people to have the
Plague and how the people responded to it. Then we were able to walk up the old
Mary King’s Close. Close meaning Street by the way!
After this we got some dinner and then traveled to the spot
for our Celtic Dancing. The type of dancing we participated in was called a
Ceilidh. In a way it was like line dancing or square dancing. All I can say
though is I had a ton of fun! I personally enjoyed when it was just a two
people dance but all of them were ultimately fun. I couldn’t have had a better
time!
Then we returned to the hostel and I crashed for the night!
Sorry for this being a day late!
Until later!
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