Adventures in Scotland Continued...

So this piece of weaponry is also located at Edinburgh Castle. It's called Mon Meg, and this massive gun in capable of firing 300 pound cannon balls up to 2 miles. Right after I took the picture this man inthe picture stuck his entire head into the cannon and shouted hello. It echoed very nicely and was much cooler because of his accent. I wanted a picture, but unfortunately I was not quick enough and he didn't do it again. You'll just have to use your imagination. We also went to this restaurant called The Elephant House which is important because:

On the third day in Scotland we went on a bus trip and visited Stirling Castle (which I'm still not entirely sure why it's so important),

the William Wallace monument and Inchmahome Priory on the only lake in Scotland. It was yet another hike up a steep hill and a climb up nearly 300 stairs to reach the top of the Wallace monument.

And if you're not entirely sure who William Wallace is just refer to the picture above, and that should help. However, people from Scotland supposedly don't like Mel Gibson's Braveheart too much as evidenced by the defacement and eventual removal of the William Wallace statuemodeled after Mel Gibson.

Here is a picture of the Wallace Monument from Stirling Castle:

After we finished looking at this stuff we headed to the priory. It was a beautiful day in Scotland. Every Scottish person we met made sure to tell us how unusual the weather was. This is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful places we've been so far.

We took a boat over to Inchmahome Priory on the island. The whole place was green with lots of sunlight and it smelled wonderful...like heather.

Finally on our last day there we just walked up and down the Royal Mile. I did some shopping and ate a banana and toffee muffin from this wonderful place called Chocolate Soup. Luckily this glorious cafe isn't international because if I could go there regularly I would probably quickly weigh about 1,000 pounds...which would be bad even though the food is oh

so good. And to top the day off while I was shoving

the last bits of the muffin in my mouth we heard drums and penny whistles, ran out to the street to see what the ruckus was, and it was a parade!!! It was a little disappointing because it is the first parade I've ever been to in my life where I did not have any candy thrown at me. But there was lots of Scottish music including drums, cymbals, penny whistles, and even a few accordions. There were also a lot of badly dressed old women, almost a brawl, and lots of men with tattoos. And these guys did a little dance for us when the parade had to stop for a bit.

And of course I cannot go to Scotland without sharing one last picture: