Our priority this morning was a visit to The Castle, and we were not disappointed. It is certainly an impressive building and helps one appreciate that Scotland has a long history of being more than a piece of Britain. Of course the place was over run with other tourists (not just us). I was surprised to find that American sailors were imprisoned in the Castle during the war of Independence and unlike their counterparts from European countries such as France were not treated as prisoners of war but as pirates.

After the Castle visit I went off on an unsuccessful shopping expedition while Nina visited The Royal Yacht Britannia which has been retired from active service and is now on display at the Ocean Terminal a little way from the downtown area. On her return from this visit Nina was full of information about the ship and its equipment, like the Rolls Royce that was carried with the ship so the passengers (The Queen) would have land transport if needed.