the Firth of Forth in the background
Edinburgh Castle basking in the morning sun, as seen from the Gras Market
this is the University of Edinburgh's "New College" from 1846. Redefines the word new.....
the skyline of the old city
Holyrood Palace is the Scottish residence of the British monarch
Hamilton's Obilisk and the Governor's House on Calton Hill
a view along the Royal Mile
a view on Waverley Railway station, with further in the back the Nelson Monument and the river Forth
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is an old town on the south side of the estuary (firth) of the Forth river. It is Scotland's capital since qat least the 14th century and hence the city has a wealth of historical and cultural attractions.
 
Evidence of human habitiation goes back well over 10.000 years.
Romans, Goddodin, Angles, Vikings and Picts left their marks in the area's history.
By 1365  Edinburgh was mentioned as the capital of Scotland.
 
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582 and nicknamed "the Athens of the North" is one of the oldest in Britain.
 
Edinburgh is a major tourist magnet in the UK, only surpassed by London.
 
The main attractions are located on the so called Royal Mile, with Edinburgh Castle sitting on the high end and the Holyrood Palace at the lower end.
 
We walked the Royal Mile in May 2015.
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the monument for the novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott
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the Mount
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inside the castle we are not alone
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the one o'clock gun is fired since 1861 to provide sound to the dropping of the time-ball from Nelson Monument
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 Deacon William Brody was a respected businessman, but also a burglar and thief. He was hanged in 1788
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St. Giles Cathedral was build around 1130
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