View of Edinburgh town from my dorm window
Edinburgh old town
Micheal Jackson moon-walking in Edinburgh?
The Royal Mile, Edinburgh
Night view
University of Edinburgh
Ross Fountain with the Edinburgh Castle in the background
A large and working floral clock @ Princes Street Garden
Waiting for the Edinburgh's Free Walking Tour
The guide (a Canadian) brought us to the main sights around Edinburgh Town and told us stories after stories that happend in this ancient town
Breaking for lunch at this shop for a sandwich and fruit juice
Lots of the pubs here are very old and each has their own special story
Maggie Dickson's Pub - another historic bar @ Grassmarket, Edinburgh
Old buildings
Kinna unique yet creepy to have a graveyard in the middle of the town itself
Greyfriars Bobby's tomb (he is not really buried here as the rules only allow human to be buried here)
The statue of Greyfriars Bobby - the most photograghed scene in town
The cage is installed to avoid the corpse being stolen and sold to the medical school
Mosoleum - The most haunted place in Edinburgh
Peeking into the Covenanters Prison
The dirtiest place in edinburgh (the heart shape) - it's the only legal spot to spit in Edinburgh
The writer's Museum - Collections relating to the lives and works of Scotland's great writers
The National Monument, on Calton Hill, Edinburgh
Edinburgh town with the Arthur's Seat (the hill) at the background
Edinburgh town
Arthur's Seat (251m), Edinburgh
The People's Story Museum
Edinburgh @ night
This stadium is constructed in front of the Edinburgh Castle every year to host the Millitary Tattoo (3 mths to built it up and another 3 mths to tear it down)
Centre convention for the Military Tattoo
Edinburgh Castle
Come early to avoid the long queue
The entrance to Queen Mary's Chamber on the right; entrance to view the Crown Jewels on the right
The Great Hall in Edinburgh Castle
The Great Hall
A 'Scottish soldier' from the olden days in full uniform illustrating the usage of the weapons and how they fought with the enemies
Young children having a go at the muscat under the supervision of the 'soldier'
Canons around the castle
Scottish National War Memorial
The Cemetery for Soldiers' dogs (foreground) overlooking the Edinburgh City
St. Margerat's Chapel
Team GB's gold medalist (Sprint cyclist) - Chris Hoy
Silver medalist
A canon shot everyday from the Edinburgh castle at 1pm
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Waiting for 1pm sharp to fire the canon
Ready to fire
So loud was the shot that I was shocked and my aim went off-focused
A miniature model of the Edinburgh castle
The soldiers' uniform across the years
Scottish kilts fashion over the years - Display in the Scottish Kilt Weavering factory next to the Edinburgh castle
Weavering machines in full operation - it is very loud and noisy
Threads used for weavering
Scotch whisky
Inside the Scottish Whisky winery
The most expensive whisky in the store
The Elephant House cafe - the Birthplace of Harry Potter
St Giles Cathedral
Inside St Gile's Cathedral
St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
Edinburgh's City Chamber - visit here to see solicitors pacing up and down the main hall in hush voice to avoid their conversation being heard by others
Street performance at the Royal Mile
Full attention to the street performance
Caricatures
on the way back to Swindon
