Collection of street photos shot over the course of ten days or so in Edinburgh a few weeks ago. What an amazing city!
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Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh
Checking out the Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh.
A few of the women on the tour found the elixirs proffered for tasting to be on the strong side, so I had to do some extra duty 
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The tastings of the day from the major producing regions.
Edinburgh Castle
So several guidebooks say to allow a couple of hours for Edinburgh Castle. Heh. . . we spent a whole day!
Field Marshal Lord Douglas Haig
Timing the 1 O’Clock Gun
St. Margaret’s Chapel, the oldest surviving building in Edinburgh, dating to the 12th century
This fellow made a gruesome presentation on weapons and tactics surprisingly, er, enjoyable
Making Friends in Edinburgh
This gorgeous cat greeted us in Edinburgh several times. We began looking forward to seeing it, and were disappointed if we didn’t encounter it heading out to, or coming back from, our explorations.
Rambling Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh
While we were in Edinburgh, we walked trails near Arthur’s Seat several times, and rambled to the top on a fine, sunny day.
Trails began just minutes from our friend’s flat
Yumi pointing at the ‘hood where we stayed
Edinburgh Sunsets
Took a ten-day trip to Edinburgh, and shall catch up with a number of posts, dated approximately to the right dates.
First off, a number of sunsets from the high window in our friend’s apartment where we stayed.
Edinburgh Castle
Wandering a Shotengai
I love shotengai, or shopping arcades, in Japan. Here are a few shots from the one in Himeji leading from the station to the castle.
Visiting Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial
Visiting the statue of Sakamoto Ryoma at the memorial museum on the island of Shikoku, Japan, in April.
Ryoma is likely one of the most popular figures in Japanese history, with many a TV drama and movie about his life. Wikipedia.
Shikoku Turtle Museum
We visited this research center and museum on the island of Shikoku in Japan in April. Loggerhead turtles use the nearby beach for nesting, but unfortunately records of nests have dropped precipitously 
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How to Distract Samurai Guarding a Castle
A few weeks ago, Yumi demonstrated how to distract the samurai at a castle wall in Japan while the ninja climb over. . . 
Yumi is an amazingly good sport. Not to mention an amazingly good travel organizer.