City of Edinburgh…There are so many things to talk about!  And I was only there for less than 3 days, I saw so much!  Let’s continue.

Statues around the City

David Hume is a philosopher and he has a statue in the city.  His statue is made out of bronze, and the legend is that if you rub his large toe, you’ll get good fortune.  In this picture (left) I took, you can see that the statue has been oxidized due to normal weathering, but his toe is a bright bronze, just to show how many people touched his toe. (kinda gross).

To the right is a lead statue of King Charles II.  Scotland was a growing country in history, but the only flaw was that the country didn’t have a leader, and a country without a leader is bound to decline.  So the Scottish decided to bring Charles II to Scotland to help decide who will be a good leader for this land.  But King Charles II thought Scotland will make a great addition to his kingdom, and after that the Scottish regretted their decision ever since.  So most of the Scottish people dislike King Charles II, this statue of him is meant to be a joke.  His horse is small, he’s wearing Roman clothes (the Scots never seen a Roman at the time the statue was built) , sandals and the statue was poorly engineered, and the statue was hollow (collected water when it rained).  Apparently the Scots would laugh at the statue as it represented a foolish king.  Another country in the UK that isn’t too fond of the British, it would seem.

 The most famous dog in Scotland, that he has a statue made after him.  The tour guide told a story about the dog, and I recorded it so you can listen below

Haggis, neeps, and tatties + Irn Bru

The Traditional scottish meal!  What’s a haggis?  You ask any Scottish person and they’ll laugh and tell you that a “Haggis” is a small Scottish animal with 3 legs, one set of legs longer than the other so that it can stand on the steep Scottish Highlands without falling over. And if you milk a haggis it will give you wine!  But this is a mythical creature, Haggis is actually a dish containing sheep’s heart, liver and lungs, minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal’s stomach for approximately three hours.  Sound delicious?  It’s usually served with mashed potatoes (tatties) and squashed yellow turnip.  And it’ll be nice to top it off with either a Scottish whiskey (which I thought is horrible) or a Scottish soft drink, Irn Bru (most drank soft drink in Scotland).  I actually had a cup of white wine with it before my pub crawl, but this blog post isn’t about the pub crawl 😉

I actually had a Jägerbomb on the pub crawl, and I recorded the Jäger-train when the Jäger shot is dropped into the drink.  See video below (sorry I didn’t realized my photo camera couldn’t adjust the viewing direction.)

City of Edinburgh (continued )
It was such a great city, here are some more sights around the city!  The castle was magnificant too!  But I didn’t go it because it costs 25 UK pounds to go on a tour.  The Scottish stone of destiny is stored in the castle actually.  I have the entire story about the stone on video… if only youtube will let me upload it sucessfully… I’ll post the video as soon as I get it up.  It’s a 20 minute story… so yeah I’m having trouble.

The first cloned sheep Dolly was stuffed in the Museum of Edinburgh.  Check out the pics below.  I also saw St. Mary’s Cathedral, and the botanic gardens.  But I was not able to stay there long enough.  There were totally awesome pubs like the Frankinstein and the Jekyll and Hyde pub, and the interior was freaking brilliant.  Also I know the Scottish are known for wearing kilts and playing bagpipes, but geez, there were so many men out on the streets wearing kilts and playing bagpipes!  I didn’t expect to see so many!

Well that’s all folks about Edinburgh,  Sorry it was a crude blog post, I wanted to get it out ASAP, cuz I’m pretty behind in my adventures, spent last weekend in Cork, Ireland, and this weekend in good ole Dublin.