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    One of the cities I'm visiting or else !
    There was some documentary few days ago about building of the city,I was stuck to the tv

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    Where my half of my family once lived & Grandad and four Great grandparents worked.



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    My dad was from Edinburgh too. Really want to spend more time there and go hiking in Arrochar as well.

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    Default Architectural antiquity

    I realise that these pictures have been selected for picturesqueness, but the aerial views also give the same impression: that of a city in which an unusual amount of ancient architecture has been preserved.

    I suppose that this is a tribute to Scottish frugality. Repair and refurbish rather than demolish. As a member of the [US] National Trust for Historic Preservation, I heartily approve.

    What a beautiful city ! It seemed to me that , in several photographs, I saw the Sir Walter Scott monument, though it was never mentioned. Am I right ?


    "NEMO ME IMPVNE LACESSIT" - Natiional Motto of Scotland

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert View Post
    Coldest I've ever felt in my life was in Edinburgh train station, and I lived in Alaska for some years, so dress warm if you go in the winter. The wind is brutally cold.
    Hopefully that will keep the undesirables out. A city that beautiful should never be tainted by the scourge of multiculturalism, though I am sure there are traces of it there now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Svipdag View Post
    I realise that these pictures have been selected for picturesqueness, but the aerial views also give the same impression: that of a city in which an unusual amount of ancient architecture has been preserved.

    I suppose that this is a tribute to Scottish frugality. Repair and refurbish rather than demolish. As a member of the [US] National Trust for Historic Preservation, I heartily approve.

    What a beautiful city ! It seemed to me that , in several photographs, I saw the Sir Walter Scott monument, though it was never mentioned. Am I right ?


    "NEMO ME IMPVNE LACESSIT" - Natiional Motto of Scotland
    Yeah It was, on Princes Street. View from one side
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...t_Monument.jpg

    "Edinburgh has more listed buildings than anywhere in Britain. Over 4,500 listed buildings within the city. A total of 40 conservation areas covering 23%of the building stock and 23% of the population, the highest ratio of any major city in the UK."

    Why I love the place.


    That Waverley Train station is being done up. The steps up to balmoral hotel are under a glass roof. It looks nice. It's not so cold now.

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