Walking around Edinburgh

Edinburgh is a great city to simply walk around. The weather was surprisingly great, and my mother and I walked all over the place.










We had a guidebook that took us on a couple walks. One was down "The Royal Mile" that runs from Edinburgh Castle down to Hollyrood Palace. It is a great midevil town that was essentially the mainstreet of the original walled city.



We walked over to see the statue of Greyfriar's Bobby. This is the famous dog that for a year after his owner passed away, the dog kept vigil over his grave. Having 2 dogs of my own, I understand a bit about this bond.







St Giles Cathedral stands about halfway down the Mile. It is a massive 12th Century Cathedral. Magnificent in its Granite Countenance.


Almost all of the buildings are built out of granite stone bricks. This does give the city its distinctive grey stone look.


At times, it looks almost as though the city is built right into the very rock hillside that it is built on. I'd say that the town has a fairly monotonous color to it, but this gives it a specific ruggedness that one often thinks of when imagining Scotland.