July 16-17: Edinburgh

On the evening of the 15th, we flew from Madrid to Liverpool, UK. After spending two weeks in southern Europe, with different languages and hotter temps, arriving in Britain felt almost like coming back home!

Our first stop was Edinburgh, Scotland. We had to dig out our sweater and fleece for the first time, with highs only in the 60s!

We enjoyed walking and shopping along the "Royal Mile", extending from the Holyrood Palace up to Edinburgh castle, which you can see in the background of this picture:

The castle includes the Crown Jewels of Scotland, and below Scott is standing by "Mons Meg", a 15th century cannon that could fire 330-lb stones almost two miles!

We also enjoyed a hike up the 822-ft high "Authur's Seat", offering great views of the city and bay, the Firth or Forth.