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Alelou wrote:Isn't the border country pretty? Did you go on an organized tour? You certainly hit most of the highlights in a very short time.

There were two different organised tours. One in the Highlands/Isle of Skye and another in the Borders, And yes, the Borders are very pretty, but I prefer the Highlands - for no other reason than that they're more different than other landscapes. I did manage to cram a lot into one week, but that also meant I missed much.

Next time, though, you might include the Isle of Mull and maybe some of the pretty little fishing villages in Fife...

Yeah, like I said, I missed much since I was only there a week. There is still much unseen things to discover so I'll definitely have to get back there someday.

Smailholm Tower


Smailholm Tower


Smailholm Tower


Scottish Borders


Scott's View


Scott's View by the River Tweed


Eildon Hill


Lothian Wind Farm (ugh!)


Glenkinchie Distillery


Glenkinchie Distillery


Glenkinchie Distillery


Glenkinchie Distillery

Edinburgh Castle


Grassmarket, Edinburgh


Grassmarket, Edinburgh


Grassmarket Hotel, Edinburgh


Grassmarket Hotel, Edinburgh


Victoria Street, Edinburgh


National Museum of Scotland


National Museum of Scotland


Claymore sword


The Maiden


National Museum of Scotland


National Museum of Scotland


Dolly the cloned sheep


T-Rex


Stegosaurus


Natural History


Mars Globe


Sarcophaguses


National Museum of Scotland

Next to last batch. Final batch tomorrow.


St Columba's Free Church


The Hub, Edinburgh


The Royal Mile, Edinburgh


David Hume


St Giles Cathedral


St Giles Cathedral


The Royal Mile, Edinburgh


Adam Smith


The Royal Mile, Edinburgh


The Royal Mile, Edinburgh


5th Duke of Buccleuch and the 7th Duke of Queensbury


Deacon Brodie's Tavern


Deacon Brodie's Tavern

And this is all...


Scottish Parliament


Holyrood Palace


Holyrood Palace


Salisbury Craig


Scottish Parliament


Salisbury Craig


Scottish Parliament


Holyrood Palace


Salisbury Craig


Edinburgh from Calton Hill


Edinburgh City Observatory


National Monument at Calton Hill


Dugald Stewart Monument at Calton Hill


Nelson's Monument at Calton Hill


Nelson's Monument


Royal Lion


Salisbury Craig

You can perhaps tell the Scottish Parliament is a new phenomenon from the style of the building (most of my relatives despise the building, but one of my younger cousins liked it).

I trust you got to see Princes Street and the Princes Street gardens? It's fairly hard to avoid them, especially if you ever take the train or want to go to the National Gallery or the Royal Academy.

It's so pretty there. I wish it wasn't such a test of endurance (and my wallet) to get there.

That plane trip sure sucks, doesn't it? I'm hoping to win the lottery soon so I can fly first class the next time I go some place that takes longer than two hours to get to by plane.

It's honestly not so much duration as jet lag for me. I do fine flying back home from the UK. I did fine flying to Hawaii. It's flying East that kills me. I don't know how people manage flights to really distant places (like New Zealand!).

Alelou wrote:I don't know how people manage flights to really distant places (like New Zealand!).

The trip out (West) is not so bad - the journey back, though, is a killer.

Alelou wrote:You can perhaps tell the Scottish Parliament is a new phenomenon from the style of the building (most of my relatives despise the building, but one of my younger cousins liked it).

I didn't care much for it either, especially since it's right opposite Holyrood Palace,

I trust you got to see Princes Street and the Princes Street gardens? It's fairly hard to avoid them, especially if you ever take the train or want to go to the National Gallery or the Royal Academy.

Alas, Prince's Street was thoroughly dug up since they're building a new tramway. And the gardens were closed when I went down there. It was in the evening so I missed the opening hours.

Ah, that's too bad. Something for next time. Not that it really amounts to much more than a big park, but it's pretty, especially with the old part of the city looming up above it.

A tramway, huh? That's neat.

Sigh, such beauty! I keep meaning to get over to Scotland to visit. I still have relatives there that I keep in touch with, even though it was a hundred years ago when my grandparents immigrated to New York in 1913.