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Edinburgh 2009

GIgianni ·44 photographs ·18 Aug 2009 – 22 Aug 2009 ·5 days
Where
When
18 Aug 2009 – 22 Aug 2009
5 days · trip of 2009
Who
Gianni Govoni · @gianni · Vallecrosia (IM)
How
Travel diary
The story

Discovering the Military Tattoo

The journey's photographs

44 photographs · click to open them full screen

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Tourists walking past the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh under a grey skyEdinburgh Tour double-decker buses on a city street in EdinburghEquestrian Wellington statue in front of Edinburgh's stone Register HouseMetal giraffe sculptures in front of a modern glass building facadeWooden facade of the Theatre Royal Bar in Edinburgh, decorated with hanging flowersCarved wooden counter of a Victorian pub with beer taps and stoolsDrummers in kilts playing large drums on a stone street among buildingsDrummers in kilts perform for passersby on a Glasgow streetStreet drummers in kilts perform with big drums for the crowd, EdinburghGeneva flower clock made of green and red plants, Bicentenaire 1809-2009 inscriptionYellow school bus and no shooting signs on pole inside lit shopping arcadeYellow and blue British police car parked outside Victoria StationPipe band in kilts playing on the lawn beneath the Scott Monument, EdinburghPipers in kilts playing bagpipes on the lawn by the Scott Monument, EdinburghBrass ship wheel and nautical instruments displayed in a lit museum roomBlack military uniform with gold embroidery and red sash on museum displayWhite lifebuoy with rope and royal crest aboard HMY BritanniaColored signal flags in glass cabinets with knotted ropes aboard a shipSailor wipes the ship deck handrail, passengers in jackets nearbyDining room with long set table, upholstered chairs and illuminated chandeliersBunk beds cabin with blue sheets under artificial lightWhite sailor cap with Royal Yacht inscription, resting on a metal lockerEdinburgh Castle esplanade at dusk, packed grandstands during the Military TattooNight tattoo at Edinburgh Castle: marching band performing under floodlightsMilitary tattoo with bagpipes at Edinburgh Castle, torches and crowdMassed performers in colorful uniforms parade in the dark arena before a packed crowdTourists walking down the Royal Mile among old stone buildings and flowersWooden sentry box before Edinburgh Castle gate, tourists with umbrellas in the rainRain-soaked black cannon on stone bastion aims out over the cityAntique swords and weapons hanging on oak panels in Edinburgh Castle's Great HallRing of antique flintlock pistols mounted on carved wooden panel, warm lightGuards in red uniforms inside Edinburgh Castle's Great HallScott Monument in Edinburgh, Victorian Gothic spire framed by trees under cloudy sky, a bird flyingStone houses overlooking the sea under a cloudy skyForth Road Bridge suspension bridge over the Firth of Forth, cars crossing, moored boatsInchcolm Abbey's stone ruins rise on a green island amid the watersInchcolm Abbey's grey stone ruins on the island, bird flying, water and cloudsForth Road suspension bridge, heavy traffic, parked cars under a cloudy skyHistoric stone buildings of Edinburgh among green trees, cloudy skyEdinburgh: gothic spires and dark stone towers rising above green treesEdinburgh Castle stone fortress atop volcanic rock, surrounded by green treesThe Bad Ass pub in Edinburgh, red facade with flowers and lit lanternsThe Bad Ass cafe bistro sign on a stone wall, EdinburghThe Gothic Scott Monument in dark stone, Edinburgh, under a blue sky

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