Is not quite enough to appreciate this fabulous city.
Despite high winds and changeable skies, I fell in love with the place -- and am not at all disappointed to have to return next week. :)
Thanks to Travis’s comment on the previous post, I remembered to take my camera. Once I start snapping, it’s impossible to stop; I took 222 pictures. I’ve narrowed things down to what looks like a good cross-section, but -- this remains a very long post!
Hilly terrain and no urban sprawl,
means open views from the city centre
The Glasshouse Hotel:
a wonderful mix of old and new
Public art
Magnificent buildings
St. Andrew Square
Statues and monuments everywhere
A pub
One café...
And another
Sean Connery walked past me, twice, on Shandwick Place. His right arm was in a sling. I smiled, and he smiled back.
I regret not taking his photograph!
EDITED: There were originally twenty photos to this post. Which was a few too many, so I’ve cut it down to ten.
8 comments:
Those giraffes are so cute!!!
Sean Connery - double WOW!
I love Sean Connery : )
Even at his advanced age, and with his arm in a sling, I reckon Sean Connery could still take me in a fight.
There was a great anecdote in Empire magazine a couple of months ago about Connery being in a movie with Lana Turner, and her gangster boyfriend Johnny Stompanato storming onto the set. He waved a gun at Connery - who promptly decked him.
Ah, Sean Connery - being manly for the rest of us.
Cate - aren’t they? I really like the little one.
Natalie - me, too! And when it comes to 007, he’s the one and only.
Conduit - that’s a wonderful anecdote! Connery looked incredibly fit; strength oozed from his pores. And his eyes are alert like an animal’s.
I'm guessing Sean Connery injured himself being mesmerised by those giraffes.
Whirlochre - LOL! Or perhaps he got entangled with the teens playing tag. :)
Beautiful! I haven't made it up to Scotland yet, but I really would like to see it.
JAPRA - Scotland is soooo worth visiting. And I highly recommend Edinburgh for everything; arts, culture, fun, food and shopping. :)
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