Scotland and Highlands Octobre 2003
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland. On Edinburgh location, 340 million years ago, volcanic rock erupted from earth to create a tremendous volcanic cone, eroded later during the glaciation ages to finally only leave enough balsalt to build the castle on it. Inverness is the Highland capital. The tartan is specific of Scotland and it was originally a sign of social rank : 7 colors for high ranking official, one color for servants. Then Families (or clans) designed their own tartans with secret color coding. The Gaelic language is another specific feature of Scotland, still teached in schools in the Highlands and Hebrides and spoken by 75000 people.
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| village of Blair Atholl | Entrance of the Blair Castle |
in front of the Edinburgh castle |
The gate | ||
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| The palace where the Stuarts leaved |
Swords in the Great Hall | ||||
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| The Edinburgh Royal Observatory |
Only there:Whisky flavored condoms! |
The Loch Ness | |||
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| Looking for Nessie, | still nothing in sight... | here it is finally! | Urquhart built in 1230 ,close to Inverness |
Nice Inverness houses with pink stones |
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| Ullapool: up north in the Highlands | Ullapool fisherman warf |
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| INVEREWE exotic gardens | |||||
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| That's a leaf!!! | |||||