Out and About

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland
September 14th 2011

Published: September 15th 2011

Edit Blog Post

Gavia

Cemetary

I went into Princess Park this morning. At the front end there is a cemetary. It is facinating to go through and read some of the tombstones. They really put a lot of information of the grave sites. Also many people died young, although that is not surprising given what they knew about child care and cleanliness. The streets here are not nicely laid out rows and columns, rather they branch off and then you come to an intersection with about 6 different directions you can take. Eventually I found the road that I wanted and made it to the last working weaving mill (in Edinburgh). That was interesting, and there were a lot of things to buy there. Next I wandered up the Royal Mile and made my way to the Edinburgh Castle. It, unlike the museums here, is not free. So as I get to the gate wouldn't you know it...my camera bttery died! I went in though and bought a year membership to Historic Scotland. Which means I get free entry to all staffed Historic Scotland properties, for a year. I had a walk around but I didn't get the audio guide or take any pictures so that

Cemetary

is tomorrow's adventure!

Additional photos below

Photos: 18, Displayed: 18

Tombstone

Hard to read but the females outlived the males of this family by a significant number of years.

Cemetary Church

Skull and Crossbones

Grave 1

There is a seperate area where it is grass and these two headstones. You would think that those people would be buried here right?

Grave 2

But they aren't. Apparently they needed a seperate open 'room' for the head stone and then they buried everyone in different places around the cemetary.

Princess Park

Lots of flowers

Princess Park 2

Endangered

There are statues of Elephants, Crocodiles, and other endangered animals, all decorated by different artists that are for sale to help save these endangered animals.