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Windows on the building arent windows.

Deep, no? They are actually painted onto the wall, no window there. There was some kind of window tax years ago and you had to pay money for any windows you had. So, they just painted windows on the outside for aesthetic reasons.


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Blog: Scotland 2007, Day 5, Edinburgh
Date: July 31st 2007

Tuesday, July 31, 2007- Edinburgh: We stayed in Edinburgh for two nights, so I didn’t have to worry about leaving my luggage in the hallway (at this point I’ve already gone back to having two suitcases- I’ll just load the one myself). We stayed at The George Hotel- it was four star and beautiful. Our room was gorgeous but getting to our r ... read more


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