Hi, I'm Rick Steves, back with more of the best of Europe. This time, we're exploring a city with a ____________culture and a flair for fashion, Edinburgh.
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Edinburgh is the cultural heart of Scotland. Once a medieval powerhouse stretching below its mighty castle, today it's one of Europe's most ________and entertaining cities.
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Edinburgh has two distinct halves, its medieval ______ Town and its 18th-century New Town.
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It's all split by a grand park. Its Royal Mile, which leads from the ________ through the Old Town down to the Palace, is one of Europe's great walks.
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We start our visit where the city did, at the Edinburgh Castle, the fortified birthplace of the city over a _________ years ago.
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This imposing _________ of Edinburgh sits boldly on a rock high above the city.
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While the castle has been both a fort and a __________ since the 11th century,
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most of the buildings today are from its more recent use as a ________ garrison.
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Crowds gather as, traditionally, each day at 1 o'clock, the big ______ is fired, giving the ships in the port something to set their clocks by.
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The castle has never been taken by _______,
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it has only been taken under _______.
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This is ________.
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And the reason why he gave us it is because we were _______English, and he was fighting English, so it was a common bond.
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But the cannon itself weighs _______tons. It took 150 pounds of gunpowder to fire a 300 pound stone cannonball less than a mile and three quarters.