Thursday, October 18, 2007

Scotland, Part 1

EDINBURGH


View from right outside the hostel


Edinburgh Castle


Pretty imposing outer walls


Edinburgh Castle entrance


William Wallace


Robert the Bruce


Castle street


Mons Meg, a bombard built in 1449. It could only be fired a maximum of 8-10 times each day because of the heat generated by the powder charge.


St. Margaret's Chapel. The oldest building in Edinburgh Castle, built in the early 12th century.


Stained glass window of William Wallace, located in St. Margaret's Chapel


The portcullis


View into the city


Castle keep


Broadsword


Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, scaled these cliffs with a small band of fighters and captured Edinburgh Castle in 1313


West Princes Street Gardens


View from Edinburgh Castle


George Heriot's School


St. Giles' Cathedral


Donaldson's College, a school for the deaf


Holyrood Palace


Calton Hill


The Royal Mile


Deep fried Mars bar. It was delicious.


The Tollbooth Kirk


The Scott Monument, in honor of the author Sir Walter Scott - he wrote Rob Roy and Ivanhoe.


View of the Scott Monument from West Princes Street Gardens


Greyfriars Church


Square just off the Royal Mile


West Princes Street Gardens


Edinburgh Castle


Apartment building on the Royal Mile


Scottish Parliament


Another view of the Scottish Parliament


Edinburgh at night


Edinburgh Castle at night


Murrayfield Stadium for the New Zealand vs. Scotland Rugby World Cup match, Pool C. New Zealand won 40-0.


New Zealand warm-ups


National anthems


The Haka


Scrum


New Zealand line-out


All Blacks attacking


All Blacks about to score a try


All Blacks successful defensive stand


Scotland attacking

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