This was the view out the back window of our fourth floor hotel room. This section of the new city is heavily residential. The building that our hotel occupied was originally the large house of wealthy aristocrat.
The Elephant House Cafe is where J.K. Rowling started to write the first Harry Potter books. She sat at a table in the back next to a window that offered a clear view of Edinburgh Castle...the inspiration for the Hogwarts castle. We stopped in for lunch.
The view from the edge of the cemetery looking out over rooftops of the old city. I love how the buildings looked like they are stacked together. It was a very nice day - the sky stayed like that all afternoon.
Harry Potter fans will recognize the top name on this tombstone! It is said that author J.K. Rowling found inspiration for several of the name in the series from this cemetery behind the Elephant Cafe. We found this one and I think one more, but I can't remember.
It wouldn't be an official trip to Scotland without someone playing the bagpipes!
Here you are looking out over the train station that runs through the valley in the center of the city, between the new and old sections.
There is a lot of green space between the new and old cities. This is part of a nice long park near the base of the cliff that Edinburgh Castle is built on. On the other side (behind the camera) is the main street through the new city. I took this as we walked back to the hotel to meet and before continuing on to catch the train back to London.
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