Edinburgh

Map of the train passage from Glasgow to Edinburgh

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Modern train cars by ScotRail

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My wife Sonja in a pensive moment

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Gracing cattle

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Typical scenery along the route

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A "drive-to-the-top" grain silo

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Highrise apartmetn buildings as we approach Edinburgh

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The bustle of central Edinburgh

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Sightseeing buses on the move

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Our hotel

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Really old-style lift, complete with an old telephone

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The Edinburgh Castle on top of the hill

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Another view of the castle

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Entrance gate to Edinburgh Castle

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Gun positions on top of the tower

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The casle overlooks the general area

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Guns on the rampart

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The castle chapel from the outside

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Stained glass window I

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Stained glass window II

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The Great Hall, the main banquette chamber, from the 16th century

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Entrance door to the Great Hall - here the sword rules!

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Gentlemen, leave your weapons here!

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Buildings inside the castle perimeter

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Firing of a salute gun

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Mons Meg main guns from year 1449 - with 510 mm bore, one of the largest in the world

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Serious cannon balls!

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A mortar gun, fired at high angles to permit the shells to hit down the trenches

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Veiw of the buildings down the Royal Mile

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The official street name - The Royal Mile

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Candy, a tour guide from Royal Mile Tours

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A Scot re-enacting the old times

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Scottish kilts for sale

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Bagpipe player

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Edinburg Cathedral

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The main nave of the cathedral

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Another nave of the cathedral

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The pipe organ

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Stained glass window I

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Stained glass window II

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Stained glass window III

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Anothe church on the Mile

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Yet anothe church

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An autentic English tavern

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The Filling Station - a self-explanatory restaurant name

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Street view in the Royal Mile

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A sqeezed-in tower building

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A particular ornimented building

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More ordinary-looking buildings near the lower end of the Royal Mile

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An arch carrying a cross street

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Strange-looking sculpture?

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Silver jewellery in a shop window

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Polished stones of many colors and origins

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Street view on the Mile

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The Tolbooth Tavern, old as bedrock?

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Decorated church gable - complete with a deer horn next to the cross

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The Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official Scottish residence of Queen Elizabeth

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The Scottish Parliament building, placed at the lower end of the Royal Mile

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Wall detail of the Parliament

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Hotel for tavelling Parliament representatives

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A tribute to Scottish farmers?

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How did the unicorn appear here?

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Park alongside the river that runs through Edinburgh

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Street view in the Eastern side of Edinburgh I

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Street view II

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Monument ov Henry Dundas, a dominat political figure for a long time

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A sleeping lion in the park next to the monument

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Old, stately building and church

A memorial

A memorial

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An unusual church tower

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Spires seemed to be in fashion during the old times

A memorial

Overlooking Edinburgh I

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Overlooking Edinburgh II

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A real Scottish town pub

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The pub interior

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A good meal at the end of the day