UK trip part 5

May 22, 2007 - Glasgow/Edinburgh/London

I guess Glasgow wasn't very memorable as i don't seem to have any photos of it, however there's more of Edinburgh.
the day's drive

Hollyrood Palace, closed due to some royal visitor...Andy i think (1.0mb video)
The Scott Monument

Built in the early 1840's for the late Sir Walter Scott, who had died in 1832. Made out of sandstone that some how turned all black and evil looking over time, its 200.5' tall, with 287 narrow steps, and a mere 6$ for the exercise

the ascent
level one (4.2mb video)
level two (6.3mb video)
level three (6.3mb video)
level four (5.5mb video)
spotting mrs.A (3.4mb video)

the descent
part one (6.0mb video)
interlude (2.2mb video)
part two (10.7mb video)




monumental Edinburgh views, in four directions

So after a pile of walking around the city for the latter half of the day, with little further mischief, we returned the rental spaceship and jumped a plane back to London. London pics coming up next, then Dover and Calais France..

Update: London, over the next few days.....

Buckingham palace

Tower Bridge (1894)
eye see the london eye
St. Paul's Cathedral



some random cathedral

 Harrods

 Bigben inside

The Rosetta Stone

The remaining framment of a larger stone created in Egypt in 196BC. Discovered in 1799, by the French, and ended up here in London, in 1802 after lots of fighting.




Tower of London 'white tower', courtesy of William the Conqueror, 1078

couple of tower blokes


Tower of London

Once a fortress/royal prison, now, a rather expensive museum, with no dungeon access. Perhaps more notably famous for being the beheading location of Anne Boleyn (1536), and home of the crown jewels (since 1303).

tower grounds (3.6mb vid)
traitors gate (2.9mb vid)

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