After watching the sun go down behind the Edinburgh Castle I slowly made my way down towards Princes Street, passing cute litte shops, cafés and bars and being greeted by the Scott Monument. You´ll find the largest monument for a writer right here, next to the Princes Street Garden – for the Scottish author Sir […]
From Holyrood Palace I took a bus up to Castle Rock to be there at sunset. Next time I´ll gonna go inside too, this time I just admired the view of Edinburgh from the outside. View towards Princes Street Gardens. The rock has been inhabited since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD) and […]
The Royal Mile runs through Edinburghs Old Town from the Castle situated above the city on volcanic rock to Holyrood Palace on foot of Arthurs´s Seat. The Mile is overlooked by impressive, towering tenements, between which cobbled closes and narrow stairways interlock to create a secret underground world. (The Royal Mile) Actually the Royal Mile […]