Day 3 - The Princess Gardens

12:30 PM -

After a slow start to the morning, I head off to the Princess Gardens - a park with carnival fringes. I say this because the park is beautiful - rolling green with splashes of color in every direction, provided by primarily roses as well as other types of flowers. This garden is overseen by the great craig on which the castle sits. It is breathtaking, this gentle green suddenly interrupted by sheer rock rising upward - probably 200 meters? And yet, on every edge of these regal gardens, there are musicians, hawkers, entertainers, vendors and even a merry-go-round. I spend the whole afternoon taking pictures. Among the scenes I tried to capture are...

1) The velvet roses
2) The children on the merry-go-round
3) The contrast of soft, emerald grass and the hard, jagged rock
4) The little girl who chased the pigeon that refused to fly
5) The medieval feel of Edinburgh's stoney skyline

5:00 PM -

I come home and eat and talk and try to figure out how to...

1) Get to Durham, England
2) Spend an extra day in Durham, England
3) Go on a "walk" or hike, as we call it, through the Scottish country side, without having to spend a lot of money on accommodations.
4) Go to Ireland
5) Go to the sea

We will see what and which one of these I embark on in days to come.

posted by Headless-in-GR @ 8/27/2004 06:22:00 AM