Riding a bus back from Leith while exploring greater Edinburgh, @dante8 and I spied what looked like ruins from the window, so we decided impulsively to stop and find out more because we both love photographing very old structures. What we saw turned out to be Holyrood Abbey which was originally founded by King David I in 1128, supposedly as an act of Thanksgiving following a hunting incident nearby in which he narrowly escaped fatal injury. This is purported to have happened during the Feast of the Cross. Once completed, it was first inhabited by Priests, in this case different from monks, who lived under the Rule of St. Augustine. Now ruined since the 18th century, the few remaining walls of the Abbey are attached to and a part of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, favored by HRH. It all sits at the Eastern end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile and is very close to where you begin the hike to the summit of Arthur's Seat. So glad we stopped! #blogmanay