UK 2007: Edinburgh (Part two)

On my second day in Edinburgh I first went to the castle which makes the city
famous. After that there was plenty of walking around town, which hopefully
burned off some of the Cadbury’s Dairy Milk bars that I’d been eating all week.

Part two of my Edinburgh photos after the link.

Here’s the gate to Edinburgh Castle

One of the inner gates, complete with portcullis

Plenty of cannons protected the castle

Lots to see here, from the Walter Scott memorial (left) to the Balmoral Hotel
(center) to the Lord Nelson memorial in the way back

This is the 1 O’Clock gun,which is still fired every day at 1pm (though I wasn’t
around to hear it)

This gun was particularly large, with a range of two miles

Awesome stained glass inside the chapel

Artsy shot for the day

One of the many buildings inside the castle

Now I’m out of the castle, looking down the Royal Mile. The Camera Obscura (which
appeared to be an expensive tourist trap) is on the left. The Church-turned-cafe
(I think) is on the right.

Edinburgh has many curving streets, like this one (Victoria St.)

The whole castle complex as seen from the roof of the Scottish History Museum.
Thanks to the random old Scottish guy on the street for the tip on this one.

Old church and cemetary

Inside the church

Nice windows

Lots of impressive stained glass in this town

I *think* this is inside of St. Giles cathedral, but don’t quote me on that

That’s it for part two… I’ve got more door and church photos on Edinburgh
page three!