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As usual, sorry for the delay in posts
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Days 38-42: Edinburgh
Trying to get there
King's Cross Station had no trains for 2 hours and their PA system broke
After shoving my way through this crowd, the nice information desk man told me I might have some luck if I got a train to Newcastle, so I went to Newcastle with my backpack and hope
I finally arrived at the Royal Mile after 2 am (hence my picture taking ability at that hour). The train company paid for a 2 hour taxi ride from Newcastle to Edinburgh. A nice man, who I later discovered to be a Jesuit, guided me to my hostel.
Show me what ya got Edinburgh
Castle
Built on an extinct volcano in the 12th Century
The one o'clock gun
St. Margaret's Chapel
Well Well
If I ever do trading spaces I'm bringing back decorative weaponry
A cemetery for soldier's dogs
A prison where Scots held American prisoners from the Revolutionary War
Revolutionary Soldiers' marks on the prison door
Lord Nelson's Column - the ball at the top drops at one o'clock
Causing the one o'clock gun to go...
Boom.
William Wallace
Kilt Sighting
I never found the time for this one...
As suggested by Rick Steves
Scottish Parliament
Those designs around the windows are suppose to be drawn back curtains to symbolize government accessibility
The Chamber Room
The architect Enric Miralles meant for the building to arise from the Scottish land rooted beneath Arthur's Seat, so he took twigs and leaves and let them naturally fall on a piece of paper. That was the beginning his design.
In 1999, after the Scotland Act of 1998 which stated "There shall be a Scottish Parliament," they began construction with a 14 million pound budget. In 2004 they finished the project spending 414 million pounds and then some. Oops.
Haggis and Edinburgh Gold
Haggis = lining of sheeps stomach, bits of the liver, and the heart
Joe Porter sighting in Edinburgh
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Abbey ruins and Church of Holyrood
Climbing Arthur's Seat
Leaving base camp, daring to climb without oxygen tanks
Arthur maybe?
If Arthur was a boxer, Rocky would have no chance
Reaching the Summit
BraveDog - starring Mel Gibson's dog
Highland Tour
Rannoch Moor, Glencoe, Loch Ness, many other Lochs, Pitlochry
The wheels
Stirling Castle
Where William Wallace and Robert the Bruce (King of Scots) defeated King Edward and his English army
Duone Castle
Railway used by Hogwarts Express
Red-tailed Deer
Glencoe
Driver Bob suggested I do this cause it looks like I'm a giant
River leading to Loch Ness
Canal leading to Loch Ness
Fire, beer = warmth
Loch Ness
Do you see him?
Loch Lochy
Highland Cow
Driver Bob knew where to find free whisky somehow
It wouldn't fit in my backpack
Pitlochry - considered the geographical center of Scotland
Castle at night
Hike up Salisbury Crag
The following pictures are not doctored in any way
Look there's another rainbow!
Oh wait! It's the same rainbow!
At the end of every rainbow in Scotland lies Walker's Shortbread
Calton Hill
Looking down Princes St. - Castle and Arthur's Seat to the left
Lord Nelson's Column - drops the ball to trigger the one o'clock gun
Stop it.
Thanks Edinburgh
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