Sunday, July 10, 2011

Castles, cathedrals, and crypts

A friend of mine from the US was visiting Edinburgh for the weekend, and yesterday we visited St. John and St. Giles Cathedrals, St. Cuthbert's Burying Ground, and Edinburgh Castle. Here are some photos from our day:

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Street art near the university of edinburgh.


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Sculpture near the city centre

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Nave of St. John's

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Ceiling of St. John's

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Floor in St. John's

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St. Giles seen through an arch at the supreme court

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St. Giles

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Tiny stained glass window

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Storm clouds are coming, from castle ramparts

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Another view of same

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18-pounder cannon along front wall defenses

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This sums up Edinburgh

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The Scottish crown jewels are in here

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Right after I took this it began raining buckets, and we had to hide under a flying buttress to avoid being drenched to the bone.

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crypts at St. Cuthbert's

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View of the castle from St. Cuthbert's


Thanks to a sudden severe storm, we also ducked into a tartan weaver's, photographs from which are over in my professional blog, La Bricoleuse.

1 comments:

  1. i wish you were going to be there longer than just this month...the blog is so interesting to read, and i want you to be able to see/visit/meet/speak with all of the creative and historical places/people there! i suppose anything you miss you'll just have to add to your list of "things to do next time" and look forward to it.

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