Why To Visit Edinburgh?

To be frank, I didn't see 90% of Glasgow yet. But Edinburgh travel happened due to couple of reasons.

First, Glasgow is a fashion center. The city and the crowd is not something that I enjoy in my travel. I like the places which are serene and ambient. Edinburgh surely matches this like.

Second, the old charm city plus the castles and the narrow stone paved alleys which makes it a historically significant world heritage destination.

These two reasons were enough for me to hop on the Scotrail and an hour of travel slipped me to the beautiful terrain of Edinburgh. Awesome.

Few interesting facts about Edinburgh below:

• Mons Meg: The Edinburgh castle has this super power canon which fired the canon balls weighing close to 200kg to almost 4km (Wow!) Just imagine the moment the canon is fired. That guy will be dead probably due to the sound waves around :)
• Walking back from the castle I noticed a Greece architecture styled structure on the top of the hill. It was the The National Monument on Calton Hill, which is also called the Edinburgh’s Shame. Because this high profile construction got stalled due to fund issues. 
• Nicolson's Cafe where JK Rowling penned Harry Potter which is owned by her brother in law. I had a pen and a paper with me too :P
• Britannica Encyclopedia is born at Edinburgh
• Edinburgh castle is seated on a dormant volcano. Oh yes, its dormant and that's why I could click a picture :)
• Royal Mile the straight path from the castle to Holyroodhouse palace. I photographed the entire path throughout.
• August is the time of Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the worlds BIGGEST art festival. Not much relevant for me anyway :)

The places visited in Edinburgh. 

• Arthur's Seat
• Edinburgh Castle
• Edinburgh Old Town
• National Museum of Scotland
• Camera Obscura and Wold of Illusions
• Calton Hill
• Palace of Holyroodhouse
• Royal Mile
• Edinburgh New Town
• Princess Street 
• And a whole lot of walking up and down the beautiful streets.

The magnificent Edinburgh Castle. View from the street. 

This is what I could cover in a day. Pictures and posts to follow. 

Can't leave this post without saying that Edinburgh is a must visit place in Scotland.