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!
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