Rock, Paper, Scissors
So, what to talk about next? I think one of the most interesting things to talk about would be the Castle of Edinburgh. It's like Downton Abbey minus 600 years, plus Scotland, times 3. The castle is pretty cool. We took a very cold tour of the general castle area, learning little bits of info about it. Did I mention it was cold?
I planned a heist to steal the most treasured item there... a rock. Wait. What? The most important item in a castle is a rock? Well, yeah. Throughout history, the kings and queens of Scotland all sat on that rock and were coronated on it. It's called the Stone of Scone (pronounced scoon). And here's where it gets interesting: when Scotland was taken over by England, they TOOK THE ROCK. They then proceeded to use the rock for all of their coronations. So now this rock is tied to not one, but TWO royal traditions. In 1996, England decided to give the rock back to Scotland, however, when a new king or queen gets crowned in England, they need to ship it back so that person can be coronated (Be impressed that I know that. It took minutes of rigorous Googling to get all that information).
The rock isn't the only important object there. There’s also the honors of Scotland. They were the actual things used to coronate new kings and queens. The honors are a hat, a stick, and a pointer stick. In other words, a crown, a scepter, and a sword.
I paid very close attention.
The castle also had a room where someone was born, one of the kings I guess. Maybe like one of the Jameses? Or Henrys? Somebody important. It was really small and uncomfortable-looking. The floor was hard and dirty, and the window was about a centimeter wide. And this was a queen’s room for giving birth, so it must have been so much worse for the commoners who didn’t even have the luxury of a centimeter window and had to make do with a millimeter window. And I bet their windows weren’t even windows. They were probably holes.
I also learned about the family tree of Scotland. While it wasn’t as incest-y as the England one, it was still moderately incest-y. The coolest person in the family tree was Mary, Queen of Scots. She was so cool that they made a movie about her. I didn’t get to see that movie, because I’m not 15, but it still sounded good. Evidently, in UK, you can’t see R rated movies (even when you’re with an adult) until you’re 15. No exceptions. Grr.
Anyway, if you want to learn more about Mary, Queen of Scots, you can click here.
Tune in next time so we can talk about the unjust movie rating system targeting dramatic 13-year-olds!
P.S. Sorry it took me so long to update, I wasprocrastinating busy doing lots of fun things around Scotland. The next update won’t take as long!
I planned a heist to steal the most treasured item there... a rock. Wait. What? The most important item in a castle is a rock? Well, yeah. Throughout history, the kings and queens of Scotland all sat on that rock and were coronated on it. It's called the Stone of Scone (pronounced scoon). And here's where it gets interesting: when Scotland was taken over by England, they TOOK THE ROCK. They then proceeded to use the rock for all of their coronations. So now this rock is tied to not one, but TWO royal traditions. In 1996, England decided to give the rock back to Scotland, however, when a new king or queen gets crowned in England, they need to ship it back so that person can be coronated (Be impressed that I know that. It took minutes of rigorous Googling to get all that information).
The rock isn't the only important object there. There’s also the honors of Scotland. They were the actual things used to coronate new kings and queens. The honors are a hat, a stick, and a pointer stick. In other words, a crown, a scepter, and a sword.
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| This is the Stone of Scone. It looks like a stone. |
I paid very close attention.
The castle also had a room where someone was born, one of the kings I guess. Maybe like one of the Jameses? Or Henrys? Somebody important. It was really small and uncomfortable-looking. The floor was hard and dirty, and the window was about a centimeter wide. And this was a queen’s room for giving birth, so it must have been so much worse for the commoners who didn’t even have the luxury of a centimeter window and had to make do with a millimeter window. And I bet their windows weren’t even windows. They were probably holes.
I also learned about the family tree of Scotland. While it wasn’t as incest-y as the England one, it was still moderately incest-y. The coolest person in the family tree was Mary, Queen of Scots. She was so cool that they made a movie about her. I didn’t get to see that movie, because I’m not 15, but it still sounded good. Evidently, in UK, you can’t see R rated movies (even when you’re with an adult) until you’re 15. No exceptions. Grr.
Anyway, if you want to learn more about Mary, Queen of Scots, you can click here.
Tune in next time so we can talk about the unjust movie rating system targeting dramatic 13-year-olds!
P.S. Sorry it took me so long to update, I was
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