Edinburgh Castle and the Secrets

Today was awesome... totally awesome! I don't actually like using that word as it is often used in a  trite and meaningless way.But I got to walk where Mary, Queen of Scots, walked. I stood in the chamber where she gave birth to her son , James.
Upon the great height and power of Edinburgh castle, I stood. This volcanic monument, made greater by the human settlement that has been part of its history, has a prominent part in Scotland's history. Within the castle, kings and queens have been made and brought down. Scotland's Saint Margaret was buried. Braveheart,,, William Wallace, a true and brave patriot is featured.... David 1 of Scotland reigned.
Edinburgh Castle is a phenomenon... one that every person of Scottish descent needs to see.
Fom there I walked the Royal Mile, stopping at St Giles Cathedral. Here I learnt that the imposing monument, originally had a dirt floor and was actually the gathering place of various guilds/ who held meetings in the small alcoves of the Cathedral. Not only that, the floor was actually a burial ground, so as you walk, you are moving across the buried bodies of many.
I discovered the information about Mary King Close. Have you ever seen a close, a narrow, dark lane off a main road? Off the Royal Mile ther are so many closes. Mary King Close was walled up after a terrible time with the Black Death. the stench of dying bodies was so bad that the butchers finally had to go in and dismember the bodies, to get them out, as the close was walled off and the buildings were 14 stories high so it was impossible to move the bodies.................. CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS? Now the vaults below are the only remnant of this dark and sad Close.
We went underground into the vaults and rooms in the depths of Edinburgh today. Right underground , is a whole world of Edinburgh and it is here that the black secrets still lie hidden. Here walk the ghosts of murdered and tortured souls, still wailing for justice and peace... here stalks The Watcher, an unknown prescence who coldly makes itself knwn as its frozen breath moves across bare skin. Barry felt it today as we stood deep underground .... and the stench fo who knows what permeated the very air we breathed....
it as a Ghost Walk... and I know we were not alone.........

The Grand Finale was Hendricks Gin and Tonic, plus cucumber at Missoni.. a very schmic bar..... very very nice.................
My feet are sore but I have my beautiful leather coat...........
I have loved this but I didn't have enought time............ the upset at Singapore made my previous organisation too difficult...... but I know I will be back... I have more I need to know........