Edinburgh

Edinburgh... Continued

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Ron's no-frills libation, purchased at a nearby shop. This was not a good time to be exchanging dollars for pounds and, too, the Brits extract heavy taxes on their hard liquor.

Scotland was among the leaders in mechanical invention early in the industrial revolution. In the Royal Scottish Museum we found these two classic steam engines reproductions. The engine at left was designed to provide drive power for a factory. The object that looks like a crown at center is actually the speed governor. The engine at right met one of the earliest applications, pumping water from a mine.

Some views from the inside of the church of St. John the evangelist, not far from our hotel.

Two items from the Museum of Scotland- worth visiting even when the weather is nice. Above, an old gravestone with a craving of three churchmen on top, with two dragons below.

This was a misguided attempt to develop a "coat of arms" for Jesus Christ. Well, this was a part of Great Britain, after all, and anyone important had to have a coat of arms.

The beginning of a procession which ended in the main square, where a royal proclamation was read announcing that the Scottish Parliament had been dissolved.
(Nothing dramatic was involved, just a formality. Voting was about to begin for the new parliament.)