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Edinburgh

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The city of my family on my Grandmother's side, before she, my Uncle, and my Great Grandparents hopped on a ship and came to the United States. Here is a view from Calton Hill to the east, overlooking Leith.

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A view of the old part of the city from Calton Hill

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(facing Northeast) Calton Hill has lots of history with pagan rituals, executions, and excellent 360 views of the city and it's surroundings

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:59:05 MDT

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(facing West) this is a look down Princes Street: the main artery for shopping etc. of Edinburgh

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:57 MDT

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(facing south) this is Arthur's Seat: what used to be a volcano

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:45 MDT

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you can see Hollyrood House Palace, where the Queen of Britain spends a holiday, and the top of the new Scottish Parliament building

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:35 MDT

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cool torch thing, for sending signals to neighboring hills and apparently starting pagan fire festivals

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:27 MDT

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Gaelic!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:18 MDT

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here is how Arthur's seat and the dormant volcano that Edinburgh castle sits on were formed

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:10 MDT

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(facing Southwest) the old town- that elevated part is the Royal Mile street

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:00 MDT

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:57:52 MDT

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used to be where the civil services offices were

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:57:44 MDT

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they tried building a Parthenon here since Edinburgh was known as "the Athens of the West", but ran out of money

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:57:36 MDT

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(facing West) towards the old town again

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:57:28 MDT

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on the shores of the mighty Firth of Forth; the big river that empties into the North Sea in Edinburgh

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:57:20 MDT

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the Forth

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:57:12 MDT

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that, my friends, is a Haggis Sandwich. I won't tell you what Haggis is cause you will never try it.

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:57:05 MDT

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the Old Rail Bridge over the Forth

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:56:57 MDT

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:56:49 MDT

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that is the Royal Brittania, which used to be the Queen's yacht

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:56:41 MDT

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Auntie Sheila and Uncle Tommy's neighborhood

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:56:32 MDT

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a view of the castle and the back of old buildings that are on the Mile, the giant glass roof you see is Waverley train station

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:56:24 MDT

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the station roof, and Princes street behind it

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:56:16 MDT

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this is the Market Cross, where the old market was centered and the Town Crier used to stand and make announcement. They would not let me up on it to yell anything. Drat.

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:56:09 MDT

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(on the Royal Mile) St. Giles cathedral: the main one (and Presbyterian at that) of Edinburgh

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:56:01 MDT

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they have these things called closes off the Royal Mile, which are little Plaza's that you can only access by these small entryways

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:55:53 MDT

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they just had an election, so these news crews are here to cover the results

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:55:44 MDT

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This would be their city hall

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:55:34 MDT

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this is my family's clan's motto and it is on our tartan! "Persevere"!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:55:25 MDT

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Funny statue by St. Giles

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:55:16 MDT

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can you guess what is funny about this statue?

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:55:08 MDT

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Whoah, a Sphinx. Apparently Edinburgh is also the Cairo of the West

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:55:01 MDT

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under this yellow block, John Knox (the guy who brought Protestantism to Britain) is buried

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:54:53 MDT

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cool old building with the Thistle and Flour de Lis on top

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:54:43 MDT

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yes, Scotland and France used to be best buddies and allies against the English

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:54:35 MDT

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this is a "close"

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:54:25 MDT

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liked this bird bath

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:54:18 MDT

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looking down the Royal Mile

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:54:09 MDT

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haha "Scotch, scotch, I love scotch..."

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:54:02 MDT

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looking up at the castle from the other side, and that construction is one of the bleachers they use for the Tatoo

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:53:53 MDT

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cool cathedral (now the tourist information center)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:53:45 MDT

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Victoria Street

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:53:37 MDT

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all the hookers, drug dealers, and murderers used to hang here back in the day; now it is a cool little windy road with nice shops

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:53:29 MDT

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Grassmarket square, just off Victoria street, where they used to hang people back in the day

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:53:20 MDT

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J.K ROWLING SAT AT THIS WINDOW, IN THIS CAFE AND WROTE HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERERS STONE!!!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:53:11 MDT

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Greyfriars Kirkyard (Cemetary)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:53:01 MDT

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they used to do this to keep grave robbers out (they had a bad problem of people snatching bodies and selling them to science. Burke and Hare for example)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:52:52 MDT

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the "Kirk" or church

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:52:42 MDT

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in this little Mausoleum (that of Mackenzie)resides the most document Poltergeist ever. They have it closed off, because people used to go in and be thrown against walls, scratched and bloodied and come out crazy.

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:52:34 MDT

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Mackenzie was the man who tortured and murdered the Covenanters, a group of devout catholics who refused to practice King Henry VIII's Anglicanism, and put them in this outdoor prison in the cemetary

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:52:25 MDT

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:52:14 MDT

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Mrs. Rowling was inspired for the books by Edinburgh, and since she sat every day while writing looking out at the Kirkyard she used to go in and search for names for characters in her books...like this one who is a cat Animagus for a hint...

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:52:07 MDT

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and she looked out at this school...which was where she got the inspiration for Hogwarts!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:51:58 MDT

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more of the Kirkyard

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:51:48 MDT

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and of course, it is the home of Greyfriar's Bobby. The dog who stayed by his owners grave and never moved until he died. People used to feed him and stuff, but he never moved more than a few feet away from this headstone for more than a decade.

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:51:39 MDT

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Victoria street

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:51:32 MDT

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if this soldier was advancing towards me: I would be very afraid

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:51:23 MDT

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the beautiful park below the castle that used to be a big moat

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:51:14 MDT

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looking up at Edinburgh Castle (magnificent)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:51:05 MDT

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very nice WWI memorial

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:50:57 MDT

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me and Uncle Tommy with the castle behind us

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:50:49 MDT

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:50:32 MDT

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postcard photo

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the World's oldest flower clock

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:50:01 MDT

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yes! I want this for my living room

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:49:42 MDT

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inside St. Giles cathedral

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its roof

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:49:26 MDT

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the Queen sits here and knights people

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:49:19 MDT

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inside special knighting chapel

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:49:12 MDT

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this knight must have been Spanish (note the toro above)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:49:04 MDT

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just cause Mom likes stained glass (I like it too)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:48:56 MDT

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statue of John Knox

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:48:48 MDT

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the Heat of Midlothian. Marks where the toll booth once stood way back in the day, and now the inspiration for the Heats Football Club in Edinburgh (my newfound Scottish Premier league team)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:48:39 MDT

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Punch and Judy

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:48:31 MDT

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me in front of John Knox's house

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:48:21 MDT

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hahahahahahahahahaha I hope you see the irony in this. Look at the flags.

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:48:12 MDT

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the wall of the Scottish Parliament (strange building...designed by a Spaniard to look modern but just looks out of place)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:48:04 MDT

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Hollyrood House Palace

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:47:55 MDT

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a street in Leith, the port area of Edinburgh

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Easter Road stadium, home of Hibernian F.C. (my newfound rival)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:47:39 MDT

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"antisocial behavior will not be tolerated" hahahahahahaha

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:47:31 MDT

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my Grandparent's favorite place to eat Fish and Chips!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:47:22 MDT

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the immortal dish itself (it was fantastic: fried fish and fried potatoes do not get any better)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:47:13 MDT

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:46:53 MDT

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Leith links: where the game of golf was invented!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:46:44 MDT

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it was in this park the first guys thought to smack a ball around with a stick and try and get it into that elusive hole. Well done mates.

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:46:34 MDT

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the North Bridge at night

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looking out at Calton hill

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haha the only way they can think of to stop people from jumping...

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:46:10 MDT

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inside Edinburgh's most haunted cemetary: Calton Hill cemetary

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look at this for 10 seconds: do you see a face?

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the clock tower on this fancy hotel reminds me of Big Ben in London

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this is the Most Haunted spot in the United Kingdom: psychics and ghost hunters go mad and freak out when they come to Munro's grave. Nothing happened when we were there.

Highlands

kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:45:30 MDT

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the next day, into the Scottish Highlands!

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this my friends, is what the Highlands look like

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