UK Trip Photo Book - 2017

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Edinburgh!

We spent a couple days exploring Edinburgh!
 
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Another Safestay hostel served as our home base!

 
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Many of our group visited Edinburgh castle.
 
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  There are a lot of impressive fortifications inside the castle.
 
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The Scottish crown jewels are in there!
 
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Royal Scottish guard.
 
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Various cannon were placed around the castle.
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The most impressive of these cannon was Mons meg - a famous 15th-century bombard.

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The armory contained some impressive suits of armor.

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The view from the castle was fantastic!

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Even better!

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After visiting the castle, some of us had a bone to pick with John Knox!


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Of course, some of us visited that beloved Scottish institution - BrewDog!
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Most of us also visited the National Museum of Scotland!

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Gorgeous museum!

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There are so many amazing artifacts in this museum, such as this pocket watch of James I.

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Before the guillotine, there was the Maiden!!

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The Lewis Chessmen!  Medieval chess pieces carved from walrus ivory.


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Anyone remember Dolly the sheep?!?!
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One of the first Minis ever built in 1959!

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Medieval Beavis?!?  How could we not take a picture?









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