Today has been very fun. At ten am Sally and I met with Jenny (Anna C. had some stuff to do at her internship so she couldn't join us) and we went on a tour of New Town. Edinburgh is essentially split by Old and New Town. New Town was built by famous Scottish architect James Craig. Old town was overpopulated and filled with disease so they had a competition for who could make the best design to expand Edinburgh. When the town was built by Craig, many of the wealthy folk moved over to New Town. New Town was designed as three parallel streets, Princes St, George St, and Queen St, and on either end a church was built. Another church we came across today was circular in shape and Jenny said there were two stories about why it was built that way. The first is so that devils couldn't hide in the corners, and the second is so scotsmen couldn't hide from the offering plates. Ha. Ha. Ha. :) Those naughty scotties. We ended our tour downtown near the art galleries which overlook part of Princes Park. Here are a few pictures from the park and surrounding areas:
After the tour (and I forgot to take pictures of New Town, so I will post another day), Sally and I had a lunch picnic in the Princes St. gardens. We waited until 1 pm because everyday at this time, a cannon is shot from the castle. Here's a fun little video we made today at the park:
After lunch we took a little break at our flat and naturally, went back out to buy some cookies. We then decided to climb the famous Scott monument:
Sir Walter Scott:
was a famous Scottish writer and poet. His famous works include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Lady of The Lake , Waverley and The Heart of Midlothian. A monument was made in his honor after he died. Here are some pictures of our way up the 287 steps and our various views of the city. It was SO beautiful, and they even gave us a certificate because we climbed the creepy narrow stairwells:
Blogger REALLY hates me uploading photos here for some reason and I have about 70 pictures from today that are all REALLLLY beautiful...so you guys will all just have to wait and see! :) I will try again tomorrow to figure out how to do this!
LOVE ANNABO
3 comments:
It's really cool how green it is there! And with different shades of green, even in similar trees. And castles. (I'm looking at the bottom picture.)
Looks like rain Sunday, and maybe Friday.
It sounds like you had a well deserved cookie or two, based on all your walking.
Loveyou
Mamishka
What an amazing spot you are in. I don't believe for one minute that the picture of your room is really yours! Your apartment if beautiful. I am anxious to hear about your first day at work. Hopefully not like the "Runway."
Love,
deb
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