More Aboot the Kirk

This church replaced the abbey near Holyrood Palace as the seat of the church in Canongate. The church has a long history. Thomas Moodie, a rich merchant, contributed £1950 for the erection of the new church in 1690. That is Moodie's coat of arms above the entrance. The church employs a number of concepts from Dutch architecture. Buried in the churchyard are David Rizzio, the murdered advisor of Mary Queen of Scots, the philosopher Adam Smith and poet Robert Fergusson.

Day Three - No S. Sherlock, We're the NoGoHolmesies

December 26th 2009
Everybody got a break yesterday when we got to sleep in. Today we were up earlier, but not by much. We met in my room for breakfast at 9:00. We wanted to get to the Vue Cinema early because we were anticipating big crowds for the highly publicized, sure-thing blockbuster movie "Sherlock Holmes". Not only was this a movie about a British hero and written by a local Edinburgh lad, but based on ... read more

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