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impulsereaderFor those of you just joining me recently this will be completely out of the blue as well as stupidly out of order. Please forgive. I owe myself a finished trip report...
Edinburgh trip report - early April 2012 - Day 3 - Edinburgh Castle
What a gorgeous day this turned out to be. I really should have gone into the Pentlands, which I had scheduled for Day 4, but Day 2 dawned sunny as well and quickly clouded over so how was I to know?
So, the Castle. It looms over the city on this massive mountain of rock. I keep taking pictures of it, hoping to show how epic it is but it just doesn’t manage to translate onto the comparatively miniscule screen on the back of my camera. Similarly, the views from the Castle are unbelievable and difficult to translate to screen.
One of the interesting things is that the buildings up there don’t look very - castley - to me, and this is hilarious because there was an exhibit which I absolutely could not get any pics of because it was in a closed in, dark room that simply defied my camera - but it was all about remodeling the castle buildings - and a couple of the proposed ideas were quite epically castley. In the end none of the plans were adopted. As they stand, the buildings are fairly square and practical, barracks-like. I approached the Castle through Princes’ Street Gardens and part of the cemetery attached to St. John’s.
The approach here was steep, and I spent much of it muttering about how the physical effort should really cancel out the need to pay for admission. I consider £14.50 pretty steep for an attraction, and I was determined to spend the whole day there and see everything to get my money’s worth. First stop - pretty wrought iron and views!
A selection of architectural details in the square bordered by the Great Hall and the Scottish National War Memorial.
And architectural details from inside the Great Hall
Meanwhile; back outside...
The Castle is home to museums for the Royal Scots Dragoons Guards - a cavalry unit turned tank unit - and The Royal Scots.
In the former’s gift shop I was able to acquire a squeaky rubber ducky dressed as a bagpiper. And one more view.
On the way down the Royal Mile I found Cadenhead’s, which was mentioned frequently when I was researching so I went in. A lovely, friendly gentleman helped me find one regularly sized bottle and another smaller one which he thought would appeal as a gift and which aren’t available in the states.
And the day ended with more pretty wrought iron!
Edinburgh trip report - early April 2012 - Day 3 - Edinburgh Castle
What a gorgeous day this turned out to be. I really should have gone into the Pentlands, which I had scheduled for Day 4, but Day 2 dawned sunny as well and quickly clouded over so how was I to know?
So, the Castle. It looms over the city on this massive mountain of rock. I keep taking pictures of it, hoping to show how epic it is but it just doesn’t manage to translate onto the comparatively miniscule screen on the back of my camera. Similarly, the views from the Castle are unbelievable and difficult to translate to screen.
One of the interesting things is that the buildings up there don’t look very - castley - to me, and this is hilarious because there was an exhibit which I absolutely could not get any pics of because it was in a closed in, dark room that simply defied my camera - but it was all about remodeling the castle buildings - and a couple of the proposed ideas were quite epically castley. In the end none of the plans were adopted. As they stand, the buildings are fairly square and practical, barracks-like. I approached the Castle through Princes’ Street Gardens and part of the cemetery attached to St. John’s.
The approach here was steep, and I spent much of it muttering about how the physical effort should really cancel out the need to pay for admission. I consider £14.50 pretty steep for an attraction, and I was determined to spend the whole day there and see everything to get my money’s worth. First stop - pretty wrought iron and views!
A selection of architectural details in the square bordered by the Great Hall and the Scottish National War Memorial.
And architectural details from inside the Great Hall
Meanwhile; back outside...
The Castle is home to museums for the Royal Scots Dragoons Guards - a cavalry unit turned tank unit - and The Royal Scots.
In the former’s gift shop I was able to acquire a squeaky rubber ducky dressed as a bagpiper. And one more view.
On the way down the Royal Mile I found Cadenhead’s, which was mentioned frequently when I was researching so I went in. A lovely, friendly gentleman helped me find one regularly sized bottle and another smaller one which he thought would appeal as a gift and which aren’t available in the states.
And the day ended with more pretty wrought iron!
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Date: 2012-05-23 01:01 pm (UTC)Love the first shot- it looks like a proper castle!
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Date: 2012-05-23 04:43 pm (UTC)We saw this awesome pet cemetery when we were in Ireland. They'd buried dogs and ponies and all sorts of animals. Very cool. I'm always pleased to find evidence of people appreciating their pets properly.
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Date: 2012-05-23 03:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-23 04:30 pm (UTC)