Vertical Edinburgh

Leslie and I had a great time in Edinburgh! It's the most enchanting place we've been to. It took us a while to get the pronunciation down; we practiced saying it the entire weekend :) (eh-din-bur-ah)



Edinburgh Castle from the West Princes Gardens





A view from the castle walls





The plaza at East Princes Street Gardens







Some fine examples of contemporary Scottish cookie-cutter signage.




Edinburgh was full of pleasant sights and sounds. Every few blocks you could find someone playing the bagpipes.



A view inside Scotland's National Portrait Gallery.




Peeking through the cannon port. To signal the time, a Howizter is fired at 1pm, each day, with very few exceptions. Our tour guide said the Scottish are to frugal to shoot it at noon since it would be twelve times as expensive :)




This is a very special place. It is a cemetary inside the castle for the pets of officers.