Day 13: Edinburgh
Caught the bus into Edinburgh to
meet up with Carol’s friend Arthur. We then went off to the Scottish National
Museum to try to find the Hunterston Broach we’d heard about in Largs. We found
it quickly – it’s one of their star attractions at the museum – and had a good
chat to the attendant of the section in the museum. He told us that the last
time the Broach was sold was in the 1800’s and it sold for £500.
Imagine what it might be worth today! It was much bigger than I expected –
about 10cm across.
We then looked around some of the
rest of the museum, but couldn’t really do it justice in the time we had.
Next stop was Holyrood House
Palace for the girls and Arthur and a few geocaches for the boys. I
particularly wanted to find the cache down behind the Castle. I put a travel
bug there to start it’s journey and hopefully get back to Australia one day.
Lunch at a typical pub, some souvenir
shopping then a quick look at the National Gallery of Scotland. IN the evening
we headed down to the docks to look at the Britannia, which has been here since
it was retired about 10 years ago. Doesn’t really seem to be a very fitting
place for such a ship to spend the rest of it’s days.
Overall, Scotland has been
fantastic. So much to see, so much to learn, so little time.
1 comment:
Hi,
Wow, love reading your blogs and seeing your pictures - sounds like you are having an awesome time! Keep having fun!
Emma, Scott, Chloe and Harry
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