Edinburgh

For the last of our excursions as a group, we went to Edinburgh, Scotland. We took the train up on Saturday morning for an overnight trip. One of the first things to be seen on the Royal Mile (the main street of town) is this statue commemorating Adam Smith, the father of economics.


We went to Edinburgh Castle, high on the hill. It is thought to have been settled since the 9th century BC and throughout its history has been important part of the city.


The Scots seem to have a healthy appreciation of money. Here's the Bank of Scotland, the first in Europe to print banknotes and the second oldest bank in the UK (the Bank of England is two years older).


This is St. Giles Kirk, the "mother church" of Presbyterianism. John Knox shepherded this congregation during


Here I am on the hills of Holyrood Park.