They wear kilt

They wear kilt even at Wednesdays. I have seen a lot but it's difficult to take some pictures because they walking. I paid this man £1 for a photo. However he was playing some music for me.

Presentations

Today we have to show and tell about our street project. Wee were two different groups and we have visited "our place", made some historic research and interviews with people.

George IV Bridge

Grassmarket

Swimming bath

Swimming bath
Originally uploaded by lillehanne.

My host recommended an old swimming bath only three streets away from the flat and I have just been there. It was a small pool only 10 x 25 meters but there was a beautiful light from windows in the roof. There was only one big room which contain the pool, the shower place and the sauna. The shower was in front of the poll, so everybody could look at you taking the shower but it doesn’t matter to me. I think it was more uncomfortable warring bath cloths when showering. Some guys in the sauna tool me that the swimming bath was nearly 150 years old.

The houses

De fleste huse i det omraade, hvor jeg bor

har en eller anden form for stakit. De fleste er af sten.

Nogle andre er af smedejern

og de har ofte Skotlands nationalblomst (en tidsel) som motiv et eller andet sted.

I omraadet, hvor jeg bor, er der en del lejligheder ledige. Jeg tror ikke, at folk har raad til et helt hus. Jeg kan forstaa paa folk, der lever her, at det er meget dyrt at bo i Edinburgh (baade mad, husleje og gas). En gade fra Forbes Road kan man for eksempel leje denne 1. sal med taarn. Ikke daarligt vel.

Huset jeg bor i, ser saadan ud fra gaden.

Jeg bor i baggaarden. Alle deres afloebsinstallationer er udenpaa husene. Jeg undrede mig meget over dette, indtil vi var med vores afternoon class paa visit i en af lejlighederne paa Charlotte Square. De fleste af husene er bygget omkring 1700 tallet og dengang var det ikke normalt, at der var indlagt vand m.v. Det har man saa gjort sidenhen og den letteste maade har aabenbart vaeret at lade alle installationer loebe udvendigt. Men jeg fatter ikke, at det ikke fryser i stykker om vinteren, men det goer det maaske ogsaa :-))

med en smuk udsigt til nogle engelske haver.

Postbox

I am sorry that you, my dear family, got the postcard a week after they where written but I couldn’t find a post box last week ;-(
I think I now knew why. Aren’t they a little bit similar with dustbins? Or maybe I am wrong.

Performans

På gaden var der ofte forskellige former for performans. Her en gruppe unge som dansede til intense trommerytmer i flere timer. De havde en hund med, som var malet i ansigtet som dem. Den for rundt og nappede dem i haserne. Den var desværre for hurtig til, at jeg fik den fanget på et foto.

Guided tour

Oh… I was so tired after walking around in the shopping area at the centre visiting a lot of shops and shores. So I went to a guided tour by bus.



Relaxed on a good place, I saw a lot of places I already have been at. However, I got the story off the places and the most important of all, I saw how the different streets where connected. I was unfortunately also aware off my circle walking yesterday.

I dont think I will get lost any longer - Edinburgh are gone to be like my own pocket :-))

Brosten

De er bestemt noget anderledes end dem der bliver lagt i Danmark. Jeg tror ikke, at jeg kunne tage blot en af dem op selv om jeg brugte begge haender.