Train station in Oxenholme on our way to Edinburgh.

On the train...

A view from the moving train.

Inside the Edinburgh train station.

The weather was nice when we stepped outside the train station after arriving in Edinburgh.

Interesting details on the buildings.

This is how the streets looked in Edinburgh.

Some random shutterbug (ok, it's me)

"The Hub". Built from 1842 - 1845. Originally a church, it became The Hub in 1979. It's used by the Edinburgh International Festival. There's a cafe inside also.

Edinburgh from near castle entrance.

Edinburgh Castle: Half-Moon Battery built in the 16th century

Statue of William Wallace -Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle

View from Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle: Half-Moon Battery

Edinburgh Castle: Governor's House, now an officer's mess along with the New Barracks.

Edinburgh Castle: Foog's Gate (17th Century)

Edinburgh Castle: Foog's Gate with St Margaret's Chapel visible in the background. The chapel is the oldest building in the castle, dating from 1130.

Edinburgh Castle: Garden near wall of Scottish National War Memorial

Edinburgh Castle: Scottish National War Memorial

View from Edinburgh Castle. The water visible in the background of these shots is the Firth of Forth. It's an estuary (firth) of the river Forth where it flows into the North Sea.

View from Edinburgh Castle. The green dome is the West Register House (archives). Originally built as St George's Church in 1811. Converted to current use in 1964. The foreground roofs are the Cartshed.

Inside St Margaret's Chapel

View from Edinburgh Castle of the hills called Salisbury Crags (150 ft. cliffs) and Arthur's Seat (820ft). They are in the 650 acre Holyrood Park (aka Queen's Park). The dome in the foreground is the Talbot Rice Gallery.

Edinburgh Castle: Mons Meg cannon. Made in 1449. A 6 ton gun that shot 330lb gun stones. Argyle Tower roof the the right.

View from Edinburgh Castle Forewall Battery

View from Edinburgh Castle. The building with the clock is the Balmoral Hotel. The distant tower is the Nelson Monument (1807-1815, 100ft tall) on Calton Hill, an extinct volcano. The columns next to the tower comprise the National Monument. aka Edinburgh's Folly/Disgrace because money ran out before it was completed (1829).

Edinburgh Castle: Forewall Battery on right. Scottish National War Memorial on left. St Margaret's Chapel in background.

Inside Edinburgh Castle

Inside Edinburgh Castle

Inside Edinburgh Castle

View of Arthur's Seat from inside Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle: Other side of Scottish National War Memorial. Crown Square

Edinburgh Castle: Royal Palace. Crown Square

Edinburgh Castle: The Great Hall (1511)

Edinburgh Castle: The Great Hall (1511)

Statue detail -Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle: Vaults under Queen Anne's building and the Great Hall used for prison cells and storage.

Edinburgh Castle: Vaults under Queen Anne's building and the Great Hall used for prison cells and storage.

Edinburgh Castle: Portcullis Gate (16th Century) under Argyle Tower

The Scott Monument in Edinburgh. 200ft high. Built in 1846 in commenoration of Sir Walter Scott.

St Giles Cathedral (Mostly rebuilt after a fire in 1385)

Tron Kirk: Orginally a church, then a tourist information center, but is currently unused. Built by 1647, though the spire was replaced in 1828 after it was destroyed by fire in 1824.

View from our apartment in Edinburgh on the street referred to as the Royal Mile that leads up to Edinburgh Castle.

Streets of Edinburgh

Calton Hill: Governor's House on the right. Hamilton's Obelisk to Political Martyrs on the left.