【British Tour 4】The retro flavor of Edinburgh

The whole city of Edinburgh (Edinburgh) follows the retro style, and it is my favorite city during this trip to England. Here, retro buildings can be seen everywhere. I always feel that is filled with the flavor of "Harry Potter" magic !

Among them, Edinburgh Castle may be the most historically representative. The castle has been a Scottish royal castle from the 6th century to the 16th century. It is built on the top of an extinct volcanic rock. Geography From the location you can see it is perched high on three cliffs. It is one of the strongest, most dangerous and most difficult to conquer fortresses in history. It has witnessed many wars in Scotland.

From the castle, you can have a bird's eye view of the entire city and even the distant coast.

Walking on the road in Edinburgh, you will feel that there are scenery everywhere,

As you walk, you may come across a church

There are more street performers than churches. If every August, Edinburgh becomes a world-famous international arts festival, it will be even more lively, and people in the whole city will go "crazy".

Fun mirror on the street

The city of Edinburgh is actually not very big. If you buy a BUS day package ticket, you can transfer to buses of the same color for free. You can also choose to take the tourist BUS and light rail. Local young people travel They are all riding bicycles.

Even the fallen leaves have a lot of sense.

Students who are about to be late,

Three meals a day, breakfast at home, lunch and afternoon tea at a cafe, usually a bag and a cup of coffee, and a bar in the evening~

If there is one kind of clothing that represents Scotland, it must be the kilt. Men must wear kilts on formal occasions.
The kilt must be worn as a complete set, a knee-length plaid skirt, a matching vest and a tweed jacket, a pair of long knitted thick socks and leather shoes, and finally There is also a small wine bottle in front of the crotch. If you don't wear it as required, you will accidentally look like "rural non-mainstream".

On Princes Street and the Royal Mile, I was surprised to see entertainers in plaid skirts playing bagpipes. Listening to the melodious flute sound feels very nourishing.

What European and American mothers-in-law love most is to dress up beautifully, then go have afternoon tea, read the newspaper, and play crossword puzzles~

In the picture below, pay attention to the reflection on the glass on the left, it’s as beautiful as a painting

This is St. Giles' Cathedral, the main church of Edinburgh and the national church of Scotland. (There are many churches in this trip, so I won’t introduce them here. I will publish a special series introducing the churches later)

There are a lot of PUBs on the street, and the poses of this one are pretty cool.

This outfit is quite capricious.

In such a retro city, of course retro cars are indispensable on the streets!

At the entrance of Edinburgh University, unfortunately I didn’t go in

The south side of Princes Street is a verdant green space, and at the east end is Princes Street Garden, which is beautiful no matter morning or dusk!

I just want to be a quiet handsome man,

From Princes Street Park you can see the scenery on both sides of the old and new cities. Looking over here is the old city.

At 6 o'clockas soon as the sun sets,all the major shops will be closed. There are few pedestrians, and the whole city gradually gives people a gloomy feeling.

Edinburgh is famous for being haunted all over the world. The castle has experienced many bloody events and has many mysterious folklore. Over time, Edinburgh's "ghost culture" gradually formed.

Many castle-turned-hotels advertise themselves as authentic "haunted places." If staying in a haunted hotel isn't enough, you can also join the local "Ghost Tour" and get on a black bus, and the driver will take you on a night tour!

Rowling, the author of the novel "Harry Potter", loved wandering among these ancient streets when she lived in Edinburgh, and got inspiration for many ghost stories from them.

Edinburgh is very spooky after dark!

Edinburgh's whiskey has a history of more than two thousand years of brewing. There is a saying: Only whiskey brewed in Scotland can be called Scotch whiskey.