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Comment: My tour guide said that the home marked by the red door was the birthplace of Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde). This factoid was refuted by the Writer's Musuem, however, so I am going to have to believe the "historians" with their "facts."
parliment2 * This is a picture of the outside of the new Parliment building. In 1999, the Scots voted for devolution which gives them an independent parliment that can vote on devolved matters, such as tourism, fishing, education and Gaelic. For other matters, such as foreign policy, the parliment in Englad still makes the choice. However, there has been a parliment in Scotland since the 1200s, so this is not to imply that Parliment is new to the country. The people I talked to were quite passionate about this building. They either loved it, or hated it. Apparently, it's an order of magnitude over budget (450M pounds). * 640 x 480 * (114KB)

parliment1 * More Parliment craziness! * 640 x 480 * (114KB)

citypic * This is a rather poor picture I took crossing over a bridge in my tour bus. The graveyard is kind of cool, I guess. * 640 x 480 * (116KB)

overbridge * This is why I am not a photographer... * 640 x 480 * (119KB)

street * Here's a street. I was so amazed at the old buildings, that sometimes I just took photos of randoms streets. * 640 x 480 * (123KB)
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backofgallery * This is a lame picture of the back of the National Gallery...the tour bus was driving by, and I recognized the building to I took a photo. This is one danger of a digital camera... * 640 x 480 * (119KB)

scottmem * This is a far away shot of the monument to William Scott, the writer. This was the first picture I took of it, but one thing to note is that in many of the city pictures later on, this monument is visible, giving you an idea of where you are in the city. This monument is just in front of the Price's Street Gardens. * 640 x 480 * (123KB)

william_scott_monument * Here is the close up shot of the Scott Memorial, previously mentioned. It's quite tall and old. * 119 x 152 * (4KB)

writers * The Writer's Museum! This is a museum dedicated to Stevenson, Scott and the poet Robert Burns. It's in the former home of Lady Stair which was most likely built in 1622. * 640 x 480 * (130KB)

view_camobs3 * There is this really fun place called the Camera Obscura, right by the castle. It's a periscope built in 1851, on top of this old building that was also very tall. You basically go into the dark room, and they project what the periscope sees onto this wooden table, and you can look at all of the parts of the city. This is a view from the balcony, outside the periscope room. The view of the city is beautiful. * 640 x 480 * (128KB)
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