Back to Homepage Back to Travel Photos	Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland -- June 2006
St. John's Church in Edinburgh. In the background you can see Edinburgh Castle.
Statue in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh
More of Princes Street Gardens with the Scott Monument in the background on the left and the Balmoral Hotel on the right. It was during unusually hot weather so there were many people out enjoying it. It is often cold and rainy in Scotland, which is why it is so green.
The Walter Scott Monument which you can climb 287 very narrow stairs up a stone spiral staircase to the top. It's not for the claustrophobic.
A view from the top of the Scott Monument overlooking the Princes Street Gardens, Princes Street (a busy shopping street in the heart of Edinburgh), and the building with the Roman columns is the Royal Scottish Academy.
Another view from the top of Scott Monument. The building with the clock tower is Balmoral Hotel and in the far background you can see Calton Hill, which has a Roman structure on top of it.
The Roman style structure on top of Calton Hill.
A view of Edinburgh towards High Street, which is also known as The Royal Mile.
High Street, also known as The Royal Mile because at one end is Holyrood and at the other end is Edinburgh Castle.
Holyrood House, where the Queen of England stays when she comes to visit.
St. Giles Cathedral on High Street (The Royal Mile)
Edinburgh Castle.. Each day at 1pm (except Sundays) they fire a canon to mark the time.
Inside the grounds of Edinburgh Castle. Across from this is St. Margaret's Cathedral.
St. Margaret's Chapel, a tiny Norman building which has been standing there intact for more than 900 years. It has survived all the sieges and bombardments to which the fortress on the rock was subjected during that period. On several occasions the castle was razed - but the demolishers invariably spared the chapel of St. Margaret because of its religious significance. Today, members of the castle garrison still have the right to be married within the Chapel.
Kiltmaker shops can be seen all over the city. Scottish men wear kilts for informal and formal events, especially weddings.
And they wear them to play bagpipes.
Old Calton Cemetery where David Hume, a Scottish philosopher and historian, is buried.
Me and some friends at Airth Castle near Stirling.
Rosslyn Chapel founded in 1446 by Sir William St Clair .
Inside Rosslyn Chapel. Many more tourists started coming here since this is the chapel that is featured in the end of the book and movie The Da Vinci Code.
The William Wallace Monument near Stirling Castle. The story of William Wallace was featured in the movie Braveheart and there's a statue of Mel Gibson at the base of the monument.
George Square in Glasgow.
The City Chambers in Glasgow, the seat of the local government.
Inside the City Chambers where the local government officials work and make decisions. The Lord Provost, their equivalent of the town's mayor, sits in the tall backed seat at the front.
The Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow.
A shopping area in Glasgow open only to foot traffic.