Map and downward view of Edinburgh Castle
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This is what the inside of the standard class British rail cars looks like. Kind of like a cross between Metrolink, Amtrak and airplane interiors. |
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Christine at the Edinburgh station |
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Our room at the Jury's Inn |
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Our room at the Jury's Inn |
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View from our hotel - panorama - we thought this was pretty impressive until we saw the Edinburgh Castle |
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View from our hotel - panorama |
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View from our hotel - panorama |
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View from our hotel - panorama |
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Christine on the Royal Mile |
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Christine in a telephone booth, booking our Witchery tour (notice the ghost of Mike in the lower right hand corner) |
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View from the Edinburgh Castle esplanade - panorama |
| View from the Edinburgh Castle esplanade - panorama |
| View from the Edinburgh Castle esplanade - panorama |
| View from the Edinburgh Castle esplanade - panorama |
| View from the Edinburgh Castle esplanade - panorama |
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The changing of the guard in the courtyard of the Castle citadel |
| The changing of the guard in the courtyard of the Castle citadel |
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Croce - aren't you glad you're not in the Scottish military. This would be a lot more difficult than a funeral. |
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Christine in the courtyard of the Castle citadel |
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The Great Hall at Edinburgh Castle |
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Christine with many weapons in the Great Hall |
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No, this is not our latest cheap hotel room.. It's Mike sitting in the Victorian military prison cell display at Edinburgh Castle. |
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Christine in front of the building and seventh and last gate into the citadel at Edinburgh Castle |
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Christine in front of an awesome view |
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Christine taking a picture of the "nonsignificant" 1700s buildings (behind Mike taking his picture) |
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Christine in front of the War Memorial in the citadel of Edinburgh Castle |
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View from the top of Edinburgh Castle - massive panorama |
| View from the top of Edinburgh Castle - massive panorama |
| View from the top of Edinburgh Castle - massive panorama |
| View from the top of Edinburgh Castle - massive panorama |
| View from the top of Edinburgh Castle - massive panorama |
| View from the top of Edinburgh Castle - massive panorama |
| View from the top of Edinburgh Castle - massive panorama |
| View from the top of Edinburgh Castle - massive panorama |
| View from the top of Edinburgh Castle - massive panorama |
| View from the top of Edinburgh Castle - massive panorama |
| View from the top of Edinburgh Castle - massive panorama |
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Dog cemetary at Edinburgh Castle - for officer's dogs and brigade mascots |
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More beautiful views from the top of Edinburgh Castle |
| More beautiful views from the top of Edinburgh Castle |
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Map and downward view of Edinburgh Castle |
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Edinburgh Castle sign |
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A cool looking church |
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Scottish geeks in front of a gaming shop |
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Christine in front of Buffet King |
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JK Rowling was here - view from the windows of Buffet King |
| JK Rowling was here - view from the windows of Buffet King |
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View of Edinburgh Castle |
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View of Arthur's Seat (the big volcanic hill in the background) and our hotel (the big ugly modern building) |
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Christine huffing and puffing her way up Mound Street (appropriately named) |
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The Witchery Tour - our guide has put thumb screws on a woman in the crowd to see if she is a witch. She eventually admitted she was :-) |
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There's a cannonball in the wall. A cannon at Edinburgh Castle missed. |
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Looking back at Edinburgh Castle |
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The Witchery Tour - the ghost of a "witch" was tossing water on us just like they used to throw the sewage out the windows, shouting "Guadez l'eau" (watch out for the water), pronounced badly by the English as Guard-ay-loo - the origin of the word "loo", as in going to the loo. |
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A drunk rugby fan runs through the tour, shouting as he goes |
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A ghostly figure of our tour guide |
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Our guide holding his "rat" that caused so much plague in Edinburgh that is wiped out half the population. Our guide says that rats came to England from the Far East on tea ships, and the evidence for this can be found on the bottom of his rat, which says "Made in China" <groan> |
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Christine and the dancing skeleton |
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The conclusion of our tour, with our guide and the mad monk. |