Is there anything cuter than little English schoolchildren singing Christmas carols in Victorian costumes? Crazy street performers Dodgems--bumper cars Carousel Automatic organ Reindeer & sleigh Another organ Morris dancers Automatic organ & monkey Punch & Judy show Carol singers Christmas donkey rides Happy Christmas!
The pub on the Royal Mile where we had dinner My birthday cards :) Edinburgh skyline The Castle all lit up at night View of the Christmas Market from the Castle We stuck to the Royal Mile for my birthday dinner & pub crawl We did a little window-shopping on our pub crawl...I loved this ad :)
Omni theatre near our hotel--we really weren't that far from the station & the Royal Mile. Edinburgh is very walkable... View of Calton Hill from the shopping centre near our hotel German Christmas market--I like ours in Leeds better, but this one was fun, too. We had some amazing apple Strudel :) The market is right next to the National Gallery of Art Princes Street Gardens has been transformed into a winter wonderland, with the Christmas markets and an ice skating rink Me & Richard outside the art gallery Lovely Christmas tree on Rose Street St Andrews park View of the water in the distance (the "Firth of Forth") Skyline from the bridge--that's the Castle on the right hand side Mercat Cross outside St. Giles' Cathedral Central Library on St. George's street Birthplace of Harry Potter! Entrance to Greyfriars Cemetery Greyfriars Bobby pub right outside the cemetery Greyfriars Bobby's grave Greyfriars cemetery and some nice views of Old Town View of the Castle from Greyfriars "The Creepy Wee Shop in the Graveyard" Richard trying on a tri-corner hat at the Scottish history museum Tartan weaving display at the museum Me trying on the bagpipes Robert Burns display The museum is quite modern and nice inside :) The Royal Mile A little alleyway off of the Royal Mile--that tall spire is the Sir Walter Scott Monument over in New Town St. Giles' Cathedral The Royal Mile Tartan weaving factory on the Royal Mile All of these different spools feed into just one loom
View from the Castle at sunset Richard and me in front of the skyline The area outside Waverley station, with a view of the Christmas Market A cool old House of Fraser department store, originally called "Jenners" German Christmas Market outside the National Gallery Christmas Market (non-German! This one sold haggis with tatties & neeps!) View of the ice skating rink View of the Sir Walter Scott monument from the ferris wheel View of Princes Street from the ferris wheel View of the National Gallery Richard & me on the ferris wheel University band playing carols at the market
