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In Edinburgh a castle sits on an old volcano
Chiara Bellini
Travel guide
Tue, Oct 6
·
a1
· 1 min read
You
arrive
in
Edinburgh
,
Scotland
.
You
see
a
castle
on
a
huge
rock
.
The
rock
is
the
plug
of
a
volcano
.
The
volcano
stopped
erupting
about
340
million
years
ago
.
The
castle
sits
on
top
of
it
.
It
is
called
Edinburgh
Castle
.
You
walk
up
the
Royal
Mile
to
reach
it
.
The
street
climbs
toward
the
castle
gates
.
The
stone
under
your
feet
is
cold
and
grey
.
The
wind
hits
you
as
you
climb
higher
.
The
city
falls
away
on
either
side
of
you
.
At
the
top
,
you
can
see
the
whole
city
below
you
.
In
August
,
the
streets
fill
with
people
.
They
come
for
a
festival
.
It
is
the
world
's
largest
arts
festival
.
It
has
a
name
.
It
is
the
Edinburgh
Festival
Fringe
.
It
started
in
1947
.
You
can
hear
pipers
playing
on
the
streets
below
the
rock
.
At
one
o'clock
,
a
gun
fires
from
the
castle
.
It
is
called
the
One
O'Clock
Gun
.
It
has
fired
almost
every
day
since
1861
.
You
feel
it
in
your
chest
.
Then
the
sound
rolls
out
across
the
whole
city
.
That
moment
is
the
one
thing
to
carry
home
.
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