Tag: Scotland

Reflections on the Water of Leith

Water of Leith Walkway, Edinburgh

We next descended the Dean Bank to the Water of Leith, with the trees above it beautifully reflected in the water, tempting me to take too many similar pictures. Click any of the images below to see them bigger (you may need o click into the post title first if you’re not viewing this directly on the web site).

Museum Spaces

Stairwell, Scotish National Museum of Modern Art

No visit to a museum would be complete without a review of the geometry of the spaces. Click any of the pictures below to see them full sized (you may need to click the post title first if you’re not seeing this directly on the web-site).

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Our next stop, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Click into the images for captions on the works (you may need to click the post title first if you’re not seeing this directly on the website). No doubt I’ll look like Duane Hansen’s tourist in a few years.

Edinburgh: Further Perambulations

The Flodden Wall, part shown in the first picture, was built in the first half of the 16th century to defend against an expected English attack. Click on any picture (and maybe the post title, first) to see them bigger.

Edinburgh Old Town

To the side of St Giles Cathedral is Parliament Square and buildings that now serve as courts with a statue of King Charles II; also a view looking down from South Bridge. Click on any picture (and maybe the post title first) to see them enlarged.

Edinburgh was packed with tourists Our first popular stop was the Church of St Giles (the High Kirk of St Giles). Outside it you can also find the stature of Sir Walter Scott, or to give him his full honorific as the plaque beneath the statue does, “Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleugh and 7th Duke of Queensberry, KG.” Click any image (and maybe the post title first) to see all the pictures full-sized.