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Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg
Claes, thanks so much for that link; have been perusing the site and love the photos of the real Hamlet castle - wow, how interesting. Now I want to go there; it's a beautiful castle and the area around it looks amazing.
:) You're sweet Nightie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
So as some of you well know, i was away for the weekend on a Paranormal trip to Edinburgh. :banana: So here are a few piccys of possibly my favourite place on the planet (Starting to think i was born in the wrong country...)
Grayfriars
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Grayfriars Bobby
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This is a shot i took of the Spire of St Giles Cathedral on the Friday night. I just love that architecture of that Cathedral. the Spire is a crown shape.
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top of the Mercat Cross
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the castle... they were getting ready for the Tattoo
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the north bridge
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The Scott monument (would have looked better if it hadnt been dark, overcast and raining!)
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Advocate Close
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The sun came out on the sunday. was amazing! I have never been in scotland when the sun shun and it was hot. The city glowed.
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Oh wow Niamh that's gorgeous!! I like the gloomy picture :) It looks so creepy and foreboding. Very cool!
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Originally Posted by Niamh
It was amazing! (damn it! i knew i spelt that wrong!)Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
Oh I was in Edinburgh and thought it was a wonderful city. Really great architecture and wonderful people. I had a great time. I should try to dig out some photos. I know I have them somewhere. :) Funny I can't remember if the sun was out. :lol: Actually I think it was in and out of clouds. But it was December and it was not that cold.
I think the photo of Advocates close is one of my fav's
Which one is that Niamh?Quote:
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photo 13.
It's certainly a cool one. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Oh my gosh, Niamh, I love your photos! This is the country of my ancestors; my mother's side. I must go there someday someway. But you say the sun hardly ever shines?... or just when you happened to be there? I heard it's a beautiful place, from people I know who did make it over. See that grave of Gray; that might be one of my relatives. Hahah ....there must be a zillion 'Gray's' in Scotland! Thanks for posting these. I love them all. Very interesting architecture, as Virgil has pointed out.
Very nice pictures Niamh, the last three are superb.
Wonderful pictures!!!
I CERTAINLY was born in the wrong place. But now, it's too late to complain.
I'd visit Edinburg gladly, though :) (But first I have to go to 1. Prague; 2. Napoli; 3. Dublin; & 4. Beig-ing.)
Thanks for the pics, Niamh! :)
lq~
Tim f.f.
Yes some of my ansestors came from there also. As far as i'm aware they settled into Northern Ireland during the plantations of Ulster, or fled persecution at an earlier or later date. Probably earlier as they remained catholic. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Oh it is a magically beautiful place even when its overcast an gray there is something about Scotland... but when the sun came out it was like seeing it from a whole different light. truely beautiful.
I'll post some more pics later.
Here are some more pics from Greyfriars Kirk! Some of the tombs were unbelievable! The Archaeologist and history buff in me has a morbid fascination with Cemeterys and Graveyards... old ones to be exact!
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So i got a bit excited in Greyfriars when the sun popped out to say hello on the sunday and took a picture! :brow:
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This is the site of the old Edinburgh prisonbooth. Traditionally people would spit into the centre of the heart... some people (unfortunately) still do...
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The Royal Mile
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the walkway into Advocates Close
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Bagpiper
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St. Giles Cathedral in the sun. you can actually see the yellow sandstone of not just the cathedral, but most of the other buildings in the old town better in the sunshine.
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Only a few yards from the Cathedral
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Ooh, you mentioned Napoli. Why Napoli? I was born in the country side east of Napoli.Quote:
Originally Posted by librarius_qui
This picture was taken last year when I was in Bergen, Norway. I have the smallest feet compare to my friends'. :D
We call this picture 'Bergen on Our Feet' as the city looks like under our feet. It's a very beautiful city and it's listed as one of UNESCO's World Heritage places.
Niamh! I'm so jealous! I want to go there! Gorgeous :)
Very cool pic, Sub!
Niamh, I love all of your photos! I am picturing my relatives walking these streets at one time. So, you also have ancestral ties to Scotland. How interesting. I particularly like the cemetary scenes - I love those old historic cemetaries and graveyards myself. I like the photo of the 'Advocates Close' - makes me want to pass on through that arch to see the city. The lighting on that is interesting. Hey, that bagpiper is kind of cute; he has nice legs! Nice, too that the sun came out for your visit.
Subby, your feet picture is a riot. Sneakers overlooking in the city! Too funny!
[QUOTE=Niamh;723207]Here are some more pics from Greyfriars Kirk! Some of the tombs were unbelievable! The Archaeologist and history buff in me has a morbid fascination with Cemeterys and Graveyards... old ones to be exact!
Did you know about Greyfriars ‘Bobby’ - the little dog that stayed by his master’s grave for fourteen years? Locals used to feed him and I believe he is buried near to his master. :bawling:
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Yeah hes burried just as you walk in. his owner is down to the right. very sad.
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Originally Posted by Niamh
What a sad and touching story!! Dogs really are amazing creatures, aren't they?
Why doesn't that surprise me. :p Nice picture. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by subterranean
What a wonderful dog Michael. Thanks. Dogs are the best. :)
you can see it at the front of the church Michael. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Niamh and Subterranean, your pictures are gorgeous! I don't get to travel much, but when I come here, I feel that I have! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful adventures!
Nice pictures folks. Niamh, Edinburgh is one of the most mysterious cities in the UK. My wife went there last winter. I went up to Glasgow and came right back after picking my sister-in-law, a round trip of 940 miles! Should have gone to Edinburgh. That little dog's story is so sad.
We went to New Forest, near Southampton, yesterday. Here are some of the pictures I took in Lepe Park:
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I hear the new forest is supposed to be so beautiful! I've never been to that part of England. lovely pics!
Very nice Kafka. I see the pup is doing well. :)
Some pictures from the Nussdorf Weir and Locks. The architect responsible for this was Otto Wagner.
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(And me; admittedly, I didn't take this one.)
And other pictures from the Vienna Woods (lots of trees, the view you can get on Vienna and a war memorial which was built in 1916).
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More pictures from the trip to Denmark and Sweden.
One of the many canals within Copenhagen, where one would frequently see swans trodding along:
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In what quickly ended up as one of my favorite neighborhoods of Copenhagen, called Slotsholmen, Christiansborg Palace, with a statue of Christian VI atop his horse:
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Nearby, a very beautiful building, the Danish Stock Exchange building:
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My future car:
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Within another neighborhood I fell in love with, called Strøget, this fountain sat in the middle of one of the squares:
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We went to Karen Blixen's house (a.k.a. Isak Dinesen), now a tourist attraction just north of Copenhagen; towards the end of her life, realizing her failing health and approaching demise, Blixen did all but plan her own funeral, detailed her living will, and specified that her house remain precisely the same and practically untouched. Everything inside her house has remained exactly as she left it before her death in the early 1960's, with the exception of flowers and probably routine dusting. Unfortunately, they forbade photography inside of her house.
She requested a burial site atop a hill, some 1/2 mile's hike beneath this impressive tree. On her gravestone prints nothing, except her name:
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Thinking of graves, Chava took me to Assistens Kirkegaard, placed almost precisely in the middle of Copenhagen in the Nørrebro district, an immense cemetery where graves date from centuries ago to modern times, also where many notable individuals lie; I managed to get pictures of most I wanted to see, but, unfortunately, we could not find Niels Bohr's grave in time.
Søren Kierkegaard's grave:
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The late reggae singer's, Natasja Saad's, grave:
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A strikingly attractive young woman standing next to Hans Christian Andersen's grave:
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Late poet's, Dan Turèll's, grave:
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Kronborg Castle, where Shakespeare furthermore immortalized as the place where Hamlet lived, and where he actually never visited (ironic, eh?):
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Closer up, on another side:
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oh gosh! mono, those are great pleases to be. I'm so jealous!! :D
Great pictures Mono. I especially like the architecture. :)
Geez, we must have been busy to see all of those things! You should come back, then we can see more!
Great pictures mono :nod: Northern Europe is beautiful :)
(too much running water though, did you cross those canals? :D)
wonderful pics mono!
I really got to go there!
some pics I took of the sunset at the lake last night. Unfortunately a little cloudy.
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oh so pretty!!!! :eek:
Kilted and mono, beautiful pictures. I am happy for you, but long to see something more of the world!
Nice pictures Kilt. :) That's a pretty large lake. Or so it seems in the pictures.