Here are some more pictures of Edinburgh for your enjoyment. They range from the Royal Yacht Britannia to the top of Walter Scott's monument.
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Edinburgh was actually built in layers, so this part of the city that I'm standing on is newer than down below. | The City Library. | Close up of the prior, for my family. | For my mother. Should go into my signage collection perhaps... | Construction on the Parliament building. | Dynamic Earth: a sort of multimedia presentation about the history of the planet resides in this really bizarre building (in back is Salisbury Crags). |
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Salisbury Crags from the base. | A look back at the city from Salisbury Crags. | Arthur's Seat and the road leading to the summit. | Looking back at the Crags. | Arthur's Seat again. | Her Majesty's Royal Yacht, the Britannia. Took me a couple of hours to find it. |
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Again, the Britannia. | A view from the Britannia's deck out into the Firth. | The Bridge of the Britannia. | A view out into the Forth again. | Back into the bridge... | A look down the rear of the Britannia. Notice the smaller boats hung on the side. |
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A look back at Arthur's Seat from the Britannia...I've come a long way. | Officer's Cabin. | Officer's cabin, other way. | The Admiral's bathroom. Lucky man, he gets a bathtub! | Admiral's bedroom. | My first attempt at taking a picture of the Rolls Royce that is on the ship. |
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Second attempt at the Rolls Royce. Sadly, too much glare. | The veranda deck of the yacht. | The official bell of the Yacht. | An illicit shot of the sun cabin. I wasn't supposed to take a photograph... | A nice picture showing the royal family's cruise around the Middle East. | The Engine Room. |
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The other side of the engine room. | The castle is silhouetted on the right. It's going to be a long walk back... | Another piece of Signange I liked. Good name for a restaurant. | Picture from Walter Scott's monument. There's the castle. | Looking towards the Old Town. | Lovely stained glass window inside the monument. |
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Another pretty window. | Window #3. | Window #4. | Another view of Old Town. | A look down Princes Street. | A look towards New Town and the Firth. |
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Up we go to the next level. Down towards the National Gallery. | Over towards Arthur's Seat. | The castle once again. | Another look down Princes Street to the hills beyond. | Why you shouldn't put people up on a pedestal... | Towards the Firth. |
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Down towards Princes Street and Calton Hill. | A higher view out towards the Hills (West I think). | If you look closely, you can just see the bridge off in the distance. | Out towards the Firth. | Back towards Arthur's Seat and the Crags. If you look carefully, you can see people out walking on the Crags. | Arthur's Seat backs the Old Town. |
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Getting even higher up...there's the Firth again. | More water. | There's water this way too! There's the bridge over the train station and the Crags to the right. | Princes Street and the Princes Street Gardens. | The Old Town again. | Nice look at the Firth. |
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Back towards Calton Hill. | This plane is too close, I think. | Perhaps it's not that close after all... | There's the bagpiper down at the bottom there...he looks so small! | Even Edinburgh has its weirdos in the park. | Here's what I was just taking all the pictures from! Walter Scott's monument. |
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The bottom of the monument, with Walter's statue there in the middle. | Who doesn't love Freemasons? | A nice picture of the Castle from Charlotte Square to finish off the "roll". |
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