Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Edinburgh, Part Two

Thursday wound up being the most beautiful day, full of sunshine and puffy white clouds.  So we walked around for a bit and enjoyed the sunshine before heading over to our original plan of visiting the newly renovated Scottish Museum.  The museum is totally free, takes up two distinct buildings, and includes a ton of stuff, so I can really recommend it to anyone.  It's definitely one of those fun museums that doesn't get boring.
the Scots Monument
the view of the city from the rooftop of the Scottish Museum
another lion statue for the photo collection
Lyla and I played this game where we had to try to repopulate Scotland with wolves while keeping them from harassing farmers.  We won!  Whoo!
Because nothing says Scotland like a stegosaurus.
Apparently hippos are very closely related to whales, so floating in the sky with all the sea life was this hippo.
a house, with a Lyla for scale
Ahhhh!!!  I've been stabbed!!!
Dolly, the cloned sheep
Friday morning we had just enough time to do some quick souvenir shopping before I had to catch the airport bus.  And there was also this bus stop ad of a crazy moose.
A thank-you to Scottish soldier from the USA for their help in WWI.
Me and the castle again...  Goodbye Scotland!  It was really awesome and you are sooooo pretty and classy!

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