Edinburgh, Scotland Travel Photos
May 5, 2008
Way cool bagpiper clock
Love this sort of thing
Andy doing all the work while I …
Wasn't in this one but liked the…
Mercat cross
Bagpiper clock again, would have…
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle from the top of…
Edinburgh Castle, from the bus w…
Quick shot from the bus...
Scott monument
Some stairs I never ascended
Deacon Brodie
Holyrood Palace gate
The Witchery (couldn't afford it!)
Camera Obscura
Having T in Scotland
Deacon Brodie's cullen skink, ve…
Andy's steak pie at Deacon Brodi…
For the budget tourist - the ins…
Very strange
Can't understand why would anyon…
...especially near this?
Holyrood
Queen Mary's bathhouse
Holyrood gate
Holyrood gate
Holyrood
Site of last execution in E-burgh
Asbo brats that hang constantly …
Look harmless enough don't they.…
Asbo's destroying property, clim…
Deacon Brodies, Edinburgh, Royal Mile
Walking up the Royal Mile (because it's definitely uphill both ways) you can't miss Deacon Brodies, so stop by for a pint and some exceptional pub food, you won't go wrong.
A bit pubby downstairs, since it's a pub afterall, some tables out front for smokers, nice quiet atmosphere upstairs where we settled in, and we could've been served by a ghost for all we remember, but the food was very memorable.
As you'll notice I photographed our own food much to Andy's embarrassment and yes I had all the surrounding tables staring at us curiously, but within minutes after it they broke out their own cameras and started photographing each other and their plates and things got very lively. I just broke the ice ;)
A bit pubby downstairs, since it's a pub afterall, some tables out front for smokers, nice quiet atmosphere upstairs where we settled in, and we could've been served by a ghost for all we remember, but the food was very memorable.
As you'll notice I photographed our own food much to Andy's embarrassment and yes I had all the surrounding tables staring at us curiously, but within minutes after it they broke out their own cameras and started photographing each other and their plates and things got very lively. I just broke the ice ;)
Deacon Brodies Pub, Edinburgh, R…
My cullen skink looks like puke,…
Andy's steak pie with roast pota…
The story behind the Deacon
Very impatient man with bulging …
Nice stained glass
Inviting signpost
T with the Deacon
Front of Deacon Brodies
Front view again
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Ibis, Edinburgh Centre
In the heart of Edinburgh, an affordable, pretty secure, very basic room directly on the Royal Mile, only a 5 minute walk (downhill!) to Waverley Station (or 5 minutes uphill FROM Waverley, DOH!!!)
Right on Hunter Square... oops wait that's not a plus. Can you say "ASBO"? I couldn't, until the Mercat ghost tour lady mentioned it enough times that I had to ask... so oh, you mean those pink-haired kids out in the square all night shouting and laughing from dusk to dawn and constantly climbing on the infant tree right in front of our hotel? The Anti-Social-Behavioral-Order kids? Yeah, that's the ones.
Aside from that it's a good basic hotel, tidy, very polite, helpful and almost apologetic staff, you might want to ask for a room toward the back instead of overlooking the square. Opposite the ASBO's to your left, you'll find a nightclub to your right with plenty of police action and all-night puking on the front step, and that's only on a weeknight. Back side of hotel people, are you listening?
Right on Hunter Square... oops wait that's not a plus. Can you say "ASBO"? I couldn't, until the Mercat ghost tour lady mentioned it enough times that I had to ask... so oh, you mean those pink-haired kids out in the square all night shouting and laughing from dusk to dawn and constantly climbing on the infant tree right in front of our hotel? The Anti-Social-Behavioral-Order kids? Yeah, that's the ones.
Aside from that it's a good basic hotel, tidy, very polite, helpful and almost apologetic staff, you might want to ask for a room toward the back instead of overlooking the square. Opposite the ASBO's to your left, you'll find a nightclub to your right with plenty of police action and all-night puking on the front step, and that's only on a weeknight. Back side of hotel people, are you listening?
Very basic bed
TV
Lots of police action
Day and night
Up the hill to the Ibis
...from wherever the bus dumped …
Scottish Experience, Royal Mile, Edinburgh
I'll keep it brief. Near the top of the Royal Mile, Castle Hill.
You think you're going in for a wee nip of the whisky samples, but suddenly you discover there's a restaurant downstairs, and you forget all about the Scotch. You find a seat... the service once again is nearly invisible, but here they are there going about their business, and you order something tasty-sounding from somebody. Let the pictures tell the rest of the story...
You think you're going in for a wee nip of the whisky samples, but suddenly you discover there's a restaurant downstairs, and you forget all about the Scotch. You find a seat... the service once again is nearly invisible, but here they are there going about their business, and you order something tasty-sounding from somebody. Let the pictures tell the rest of the story...
My melt-in-your-mouth trout with…
Andy's artist's concept of haggi…
And A+++++++ for flavour :) whis…
My trout, half eaten before I re…
To be continued...
This is how we do it...
Basically licked our plates clea…
