13 November 2010 - National Museum of Scotland

Today we headed into Edinburgh, while Ange went for some retail therapy up George Street, Amber & I headed to the National Museum of Scotland. The first thing you see when you get in is one of Jackie Stewarts old F1 racing cars.



The current exhibition is about lighthouses, this is one of the early Fresnel lenses.



Amber is checking out some of the large lightbulbs.



Anyone recognise the Charles Rennie Mackintosh willow panels?



I liked this boot scraper.



Anyone not seen this famous Scottish film celebrating whisky drinking?



Interesting chaps in the basement.

2nd August - Edinburgh

Being the first day of the fringe we headed in to Edinburgh to go round some galleries and see whats what in the art world. After a couple of small galleries we got to the Portrait Gallery where the Vanity Fair Portraits exhibition is on, it was very good.



Random view of Edinburgh Castle from George St.



Interesting building with a tiny lighthouse on it, that'll help all the boats that sail up George St. then will it?



After lunch we headed over Princes St. and up to the Royal Mile. Parked in some random side street and as we wandered to our next gallery we found more graffiti. Its becoming a theme.



Happy face.



So, into the National Museum of Scotland and who do we run into but Dolly the sheep.



Amber tries out life as welder.



Everyone sing along now.



This is the museum.