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Comment: And here is one of his old plates...I can already hear the oooohs and aaaaahs
kelvin * This was taken in the Museum of Scotland, which is fantastic. The museum is dedicated to the history of Scotland, particularly it's people. It has artifacts from people covering the whole history of Scotland, from the Vikings, Norse, Pictish and Saxons to the Jacobite uprisers all the way to modern Scots. They have ancient weapons and tools, things with runes on them, Roman armor, antique tartan (cool plaid stuff), bones, medieval tradign tools, Renessaince furniture, etc...after all those cool things, the only pic I took was this lame one commemorating Lord Kelvin (they did have some of his actual stuff though!) My bad. * 640 x 480 * (117KB)

poetshield * The museum of Scotland is connected to the Royal Museum, which is a hodgepodge of exhibits. There are old art pieces, biological exhibits, and other interesting things. Here is text describing the Poet's shield. * 640 x 480 * (110KB)

actualpoetshield * The poet's shield itself! * 640 x 480 * (115KB)

wedgwood * Some of our plates are Wedgwood, so I thought I would show some of his history. * 640 x 480 * (109KB)

josiah_wedgwood * Wedgwood himself was pretty old... * 640 x 480 * (108KB)
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bobbytomb * There is a cemetary in Ediburgh called Greyfriars. In this cemetary, a long time ago, this guy died and was buried. Once buried, his dog came and sat on his grave and kept watch every day, until he himself died, 14 years later! The dog's name was Bobby, and they commemorated his loyalty and loving by burying him in the front of the cemetary. Here is a picture of his restored grave. The Scots really love their dogs, which is awesome. * 640 x 480 * (134KB)

greyfriars * Here's another shot within Greyfriars. It's incredibly peaceful and beautiful. In fact, I saw quite a few people enjoying their lunches there. * 640 x 480 * (132KB)

moregrayfriars * These are some of the more spooky graves and crypts within Greyfriars. The details are just beautiful. Some of the old crypts had ghoulies and skulls on them. Graves and ghosts are a popular theme in Edinburgh and there are lots of ghost tours within the city at night. * 640 x 480 * (133KB)

bobbymemorial * This statue, right across the street from Greyfriar's graveyard, commemorates Greyfriar's Bobby, the dog that visited his owner's grave for 14 years. The locals say this is the most photographed statue in the city, and this is yet another great example of the Scot's appreciation for dogs. * 119 x 152 * (5KB)

mkc * This is another highly recommended historical site! The old city layout resembles a human spine and ribs, with the spine being the main road, the Royal mile, and the ribs being the offshoot streets called closes. These closes are really more like super thin alleyways, and the people lived and worked to the sides of the closes. Edinburgh used to be slanted towards the castle, pyrimidally, and the closes would run downhill until they hit the Nor Loch (now Prince's St Gardens), where the rich people lived as high up as possible, since people would dump their sewage down the closes to let it run into the Loch. So, when the city decided to build the Royal Exchange, they wanted it to be flat, so they razed over the old closes, and built on top of them, to flatten it off. To do this, they razed and filled in some of the closes, but they used the structure of some of the others to help support the foundation of the exchange. Mary King's close is one of those left as support, and this tour lets you wander around in the well preserved close, (which is a truly slanted alley) below ground! You get to see a low house, a rich person's house (which has preserved the printing on the walls!), a butcher's, sawmaker's, etc. It's a really great historical tour, and the guides are very entertaining in the way they tell the stories. You can't take any pictures down there, so I took this one to commemorate the fun tour. * 640 x 480 * (118KB)
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