Edinburgh day one

This is mostly a note to myself to fill in later. We started the day by walking through the park below the castle. Then we spent hours traversing the nooks and crannies of Edinburgh castle (there are many, some dating back to the 12th century). After the castle (which included lunch), I was peckish. We stopped in a cafe tucked off the royal mile. I hade coffee and a scone with cream AND butter and raspberry jam. When a group of German tourists came in with a tour guide, we all learned that we were somewhere notworthy. After nourishment and cream were ingested, we continued down the royal mile. We stopped at St Giles' church, which dates at least to the 14th century and reminded me of a lot of churches we saw in Spain. Even though it is Protestant rather than catholic. Interestingly, it has lavish stained glass windows. Per Wikipedia: "in the 19th century, stained glass began to be put into the windows which had been largely clear or plain since the Reformation. This was a radical move in a Presbyterian church where such decorations were regarded with great suspicion. They were finally allowed on the basis that they illustrated Bible stories and were as such an aid to teaching, and not flippant decoration, or worse still perceived idolatry. " After St Giles, we continued down towards the sea. We had dinner near the port, then walked the 2.4 miles back, which were now uphill. Dinner was great, and I need to remember to look up cape gooseberries (Physalis).