This is roughly the first view I got of the Royal Mile. It looks to me a little bit like something out of a Harry Potter novel -- like there must be magic involved to hold that many crazy buildings so close together. I love it!
The
Royal Mile is so named because it is bookended at the top by a castle
and at the bottom by a palace. The castle was historically really for
the military and for defense. Here is a picture of part of the castle.
The
palace was more suited to the likes of the royalty. We couldn't go in
during our visit because the Queen of England was actually in residence,
thus the picture taken through the gates. However we did get to see lots
of old (doubtless important) people dressed up in kilts on their way to
the Queen's garden party!
Here
is Kris outside of the Scotsman's Lounge -- a bar that she will likely
remember for some time.