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west_end01.jpg (134802 bytes) West End 1
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Different styles of architecture are juxtaposed here at the south end of Queensferry Street as seen from Shandwick Place.
west_end02.jpg (162265 bytes) West End 2
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Contrasting colour and texture provides the theme for this picture. Obviously the building was decorated by a Stones fan.
ramsay_gdns.jpg (188043 bytes) Ramsay Gardens,
Princes St Gardens
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The subject of countless photographs by visitors. I can understand why. The darker building with the twin spires is the temporary home of the Scottish Parliament.
fountains02.jpg (257035 bytes) Fountains 02
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Recently restored and looking quite magnificent. Golden mermaids with long tresses and spirally intertwined twin tails. 
fountains01.jpg (221757 bytes) Fountains 01
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A closer look at the fine detail.
oxford_bar.jpg (177781 bytes) Oxford Bar
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In Young Street, the haunt of author Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus.
ramsay-gdns01.jpg (133833 bytes) Ramsay Gardens
Castle Esplanade
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Dazzling white in the winter sunshine, photographed by Jane Henniker from the 5th floor restaurant of the Apex hotel in the Grassmarket.
eprinces_icerink011212.jpg (238802 bytes) Open Air Ice Rink
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This festive season (2001/2002) has been very cold in Edinburgh, ideal for ice-skating. This is in East Princes Street Gardens behind the Scott Monument.
wav-stn-bridges.jpg (245127 bytes) Waverley Bridges
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Frost picks out the railway lines entering Waverley Station. Behind Waverley Bridge and North Bridge, the winter sun shines on Calton Hill.

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