Scotland: Edinburgh, Glasgow and surroundings
Text and photos: Eckart Winkler, Bad Nauheim, http://www.eckart-winkler.de
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Cultural city Edinburgh with a famous castle, many museums and countless historic buildings - Glasgow City: George Square, St.Mungo Cathedral - Firth of Forth Bridge - Stirling - Culross - New Lanark

Travel data

Date of the journey	1994, 2001
Duration	7 days
Report online since	02.11.2019
Updated	02.11.2019

Edinburgh

	Landmark of the city: Edinburgh Castle, here from the south.
	Geoffrey Kiltmaker: One of the traditional shops on the Royal Mile.
	"The People's Story" is only one of countless museums.
	A ghost tour always belongs to the compulsory program.
	Historically important: Holyrood House.
	In the White Hart at Grassmarket Robert Burns is supposed to have drunk a beer.
	Landmark on Calton Hill: The Parthenon National Monument.

Glasgow

	George Square is the center of the city.
	Here is the national poet Robert Burns. He's the one who wrote the famous song: Should auld acquaintance be forgot.
	But the largest point of interest is the Cathedral St.Mungo.
	At its graveyard you find many famous names.
	Typical street scene: It goes up and down.

... and the surroundings

	A Wonder of Engineering: The bridge over the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh is over 100 years old.
	With the Wallace Monument near Stirling the national hero William Wallace was honored.
	... and this is Stirling Castle.
	The small town Culross has many nice corners and old houses.
	... and also an abbey.
	With the mills and weaving mills of New Lanark, something was done early on for workers' rights.

And what else was there

	Only on festive occasions kilt and bagpipe are unpacked.
	Dangerous and aggressive it looks: The Highland Cattle, the Scottish national animal. It is completely harmless.

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