The Royal Mile is a collective name for the streets connecting Edinburgh Castle, at the top end, with Holyroodhouse at the bottom. The official names of these streets are Castlehill, Lawnmarket, High Street and Canongate, and a short stretch called Abbey Strand leading up to the entrance of the Palace Read More …
On Princes Street in the center of Edinburgh there is a tall (200 feet 6 inches = 61.1 meters) monument to the Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), with this statue at its base. Scott was the author of numerous books including the novel The Bride of Lammermoor, published in Read More …
“Many of our graduates will be happy to learn that the construction of this magnificent hall was financed entirely by profits made from the sale of beer.” So said one of the speakers at the graduation ceremony. The hall, which was opened in 1897, was in fact paid for by Read More …
“All these ramparts and fortifications were built in the Middle Ages to keep the English out. But now we have a better way — eight pounds fifty.” Thus spake our Scottish tour guide at Edinburgh Castle in 2003. Since then the defenses have been further strengthened, so to speak, since Read More …
Scottish Opera is actually based in Glasgow, but they also perform regularly at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh and at two other “mainstage venues” in Aberdeen and Inverness. In 2005 my sons and I attended a performance of the opera Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1857) in Edinburgh. Leonore, the Read More …