An Arrival!
July 5, 2023
by TheCuriousCyclist
Filed under Curious , Happy
Tagged with scotland23
Guess who I found at the airport!
Rachel’s here!
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After walking the luggage to the hotel, Rachel and I grabbed the key that Andrew left behind and went in search of snacks. (I find that the best first thing to do in any city is locate snacks.)
Andrew left a note to make sure they didn’t think we were checking out.
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GLUTEN FREE
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We spent the rest of the day walking around the city, admiring the layers of civilization. And there are many layers, in a place continuously occupied for as long as Edinburgh…
Adventures in plumbing.
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Sometimes your exterior plumbing is just too old to work with…
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I particularly enjoyed the stairs in Warriston’s Close:
Check out those cool bricks.
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Longest stair in Edinburgh! (As far as I know.)
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Along with layers of stone and steel, we also found layers of signage.
If this sign was in San Francisco instead of Edinburgh, everything on it would mean something quite different.
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You can sell a lot of costumes and accessories in 100+ years.
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I cycle, boi!!!! A sticker in Edinburgh promoting a cycling organization in southern Idaho. Dig it.
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And layers of graffiti as well, each with their own weird cultural story to add.
Watch out you don’t get FU-MO
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YÖRG BALLS, man. And why draw a heart when you can instead draw a less-than sign and a numeral three? Very post-modern!
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The deep natural valleys around the castle have made the city grow as a series of galleries that look up, down, and across to each other. You can see more than you’d expect from any one place, but it’s always different.
This sign is cute as a … carabiner??
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Dish goes up; dish goes down. Wall remains.
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Cool lighting!
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Don’t stare into the abyss too long.
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Thistle do.
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One of Rachel’s favorites was another stairway: The Scotsman Steps .
The Scotsman Steps. Pretty solid contender for second-longest stairs in Edinburgh.
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All about the Scotsman Steps.
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Relatively new construction (built a mere 125 years ago), and now a UNESCO-listed site.
We bought ice cream and kept wandering until our feet complained.
That old fishmarket is right around here… The sign says so…
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A gallery of allergens.
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You’re never lost. Robertson’s always nearby.
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FREAKIN’ BAGPIPES GALORE. WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED??
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Far too much to see in one day. Good thing we had the next one!
