| This is the view from the window of
our room at the Arrandale House B&B in Pitlochry. It it quite a picturesque
landscape. You can't see it, but next to the small shack down the hill are train
tracks. I would be on these tracks the next morning on a train headed down to
Edinburgh. |
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| Here is downtown
Pitlochry. There are two kinds of villages in Britain. The large ones have
shops. The smaller ones do not. Pitlochry is a large village. Yes, in case you were
wondering, every little town in Britain is quaint and adorable. This one was no
exception. I wonder if Brits come over to the U.S. and think our little podunk towns
are adorable too. ("I say, Reginald, isn't this the most charming little Piggly
Wiggly shop?" "Why yes, Deirdre, almost as enchanting as the Gas 'N Go we
visited this morning.") |
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| Another city, another
B&B. Here is our accommodations in Edinburgh (the second time through). This
is the Cannobie Lea. |
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| This was the one of the highlights
of the trip for me. I got to go to a Scottish Premier League football game. This is a
photo of Tynecastle Stadium an hour before the Heart of Midlothian FC took on the Dark
Blues of Dundee. Hearts won 4-0. It was a terrific atmosphere. The small
crowd from Dundee chanted loudly from their seats behind the goal to the right. The
Hearts supports yelled right back at the "fucking bastards". The cold and
intermittent light rain seemed appropriate for the setting. I had some trouble
finding the stadium, though. As you can see, it's not very big (cap. 18,000), and
it's hidden in the neighborhoods of east Edinburgh. It is nothing like the large
bowl-shaped football stadiums in the U.S. If only we had some small soccer stadia
like over here. |
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| Some of my luggage. "But,
Jeff, why did you take a photo of your carry on luggage?" I didn't. Actually, I
took three. This was the first time I had ever used this camera and I never could figure
out when I was at the first frame. So I got three shots just like this one. Although,
it is a pretty good picture of my room in Edinburgh. Just look at the shiny quilt. |
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| A view from the front
seat. This time, it's the English countryside. Well, mostly a road, but on either
side is the country part. I found that England looked a lot like Pennsylvania and New
Jersey. |
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| These things are all over the place
over there. They are some sort of complicated slot machines. Every roadside rest area on
the major motorways had them. |
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