The Walking Tour

Yesterday we went on a free walking tour of the old part of the city. It was great because we had a hilarious tour guide that made the history fun to learn about. He took us to a place where they used to publicly execute criminals and witches. (and the tour guide domonstrated nailing someone's ears to the wall with my flatmate Megan, haha). We walked down The Royal Mile (which is a little over a mile). It is the highest part of the city because the street is on the top of train of extinct volcanoes. There is a castle at each end of The Royal Mile. We also learned about Robert Burns, Maggie Dickson and Greyfrier’s dog Bobby. Robert Burns is very famous poet here, and there is even a holiday called Robert Burns day which is coming up on the 25th. Maggie Dickson was a criminal and came back to life in her bumpy coffin ride. And because she had died, she was now allowed to marry someone else. Bobby was a very small guard dog that kept Greyfrier company on his graveyard shift. When Greyfrier died, Bobby sat on his grave for 12 years.