[Photos] UK 12 - Edinburgh, part 2
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moonvoiceEdinburgh is beautiful, I'd recommend it to almost anyone, but it's a terribly accessible city. Between the spaced out cobblestones that had me rolling my ankles (thank's hypermobility), the absolute abundance of steep hills and more, along with narrow footpaths that aren't really designed for wheelchairs or mobility scooters (though this wasn't as bad many other places we visited in the UK), it was distinctly unfriendly to the disabled.
That was its biggest drawback, because everything else about it was a dream.
We were in South Edinburgh, and didn't make it over to New Town. But there's so much to explore. SO much.
This monument is visible from so many different places, it's pretty amazing. The lighting here is terrible, but you get the idea.
A lion
Spread Peace Amongst Yourselves - the street art near the Mosque where we stayed.
Lots of roadworks! Also this view just reminded me that Edinburgh is expensive, which shouldn't be surprising, but today a friend was like 'Edinburgh seems like it'd be cheaper than London' and NOT necessarily e.e
A friend who saw these photos was like 'these people never seem to have balconies.' And at first it was like, I think I dashed off some quick response. But in retrospect, it's COLD, and I don't think balconies in tenement buildings and so on is really on the top of a person's list in a COLD place.
There's probably other reasons but that one came to me later, lmao.
I loved this little bifurcation but I've just realised that's a nasty turn lmao
Next: the Prince Street Gardens!
That was its biggest drawback, because everything else about it was a dream.
We were in South Edinburgh, and didn't make it over to New Town. But there's so much to explore. SO much.
This monument is visible from so many different places, it's pretty amazing. The lighting here is terrible, but you get the idea.
A lion
Spread Peace Amongst Yourselves - the street art near the Mosque where we stayed.
Lots of roadworks! Also this view just reminded me that Edinburgh is expensive, which shouldn't be surprising, but today a friend was like 'Edinburgh seems like it'd be cheaper than London' and NOT necessarily e.e
A friend who saw these photos was like 'these people never seem to have balconies.' And at first it was like, I think I dashed off some quick response. But in retrospect, it's COLD, and I don't think balconies in tenement buildings and so on is really on the top of a person's list in a COLD place.
There's probably other reasons but that one came to me later, lmao.
I loved this little bifurcation but I've just realised that's a nasty turn lmao
Next: the Prince Street Gardens!
