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Holyrood Palace is the official residence of Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland and is located at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. Visitors are not allowed to take photographs inside the palace but I took a few of the outside and of Holyrood Abbey which is alongside the palace.
I included this last door picture because it amused me so much. It was quite funny to see the names of these two infamous murderers relegated to a lap dancing club. If you don’t know the story of Burke and Hare, you can read it here: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Burke-Hare-infamous-murderers-graverobbers/
We visited the Edinburgh Dungeon which was incredibly creepy but that is a story for another day.
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Your photos are marvelous, Robbie. I especially enjoyed the abbey ruins. Hugs on the wing.
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Thank you, Teagan. It is a lovely place to visit.
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These are terrific photos, Robbie1. I love history!
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Me too, John. I am really missing getting my annual dose.
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Look at all those Gothic arches, cool. I laughed at the lap dances sign.
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That sign tickled me pink, Priscilla. Especially given the history of Burke and Hare.
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So very cool! Love the abby.
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Thank you, Janet. It is magnificent. My long suffering family have seen a lot of ruins of abbeys during their holidays.
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There’s something eerie about standing among the remnants of an old Abbey. Lovely shots 🙂
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Thank you, Norm, they seem to echo with the singing of the nuns and monks of the past. Many of the Abbeys are purported to be haunted.
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Those doors welcomed many people over the centuries. If I close my eyes, I can hear the whispers of conversations coming through the mists…. Love your photos!
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Thank you, Rebecca. I have a fascination with history and my interest in people extends to how people lived and socialised historically. Many of my adult books and stories are written with the deliberate intent of celebrating and remembering selected history and I love probing into the psychology of events.
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Such great pictures Robbie. They brought back great memories of my daughter’s and my trip to Scotland a few years ago.
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Scotland was a wonderful adventure and it seems we may end up living in Scotland in the not to distant future.
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Oh, that sounds interesting Robbie. Keep us posted, that would be a huge change in your life.
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Some doors are cooler than others, especially if they’re arches.
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Literally and figuratively, Jacqui. I am a big fan of castles, Abbeys and other historical buildings as you know.
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what an amazing place to visit!
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How lovely to see you, Wendi. I thought of you yesterday and planned to search for your blog today. I read through the Reader so sometimes I miss posts, depending on the time of posting.
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🙂 thank you for your kind words Roberta……you are so darn sweet!!! 🙂
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Certainly doesn’t look like a comfy place to leave! I love the old arches – that shot is spectacular.
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Thank you. I am not a photographer but occasionally a photograph comes out very well.
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Way cool! Worth a second and third look! Thanks for sharing your pictures.
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My pleasure, Annette. I am enjoying going through my pictures from past holidays. We are planning to go away during out summer holiday and hoping our infections don’t follow the lead of the northern hemisphere.
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I do so love the texture of that palace. You captured them well.
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Thank you, it is one of the most magnificent of the palaces we have visited. The pressed ceilings are simply amazing.
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I just read the Burke and Hare story. It was certainly goulish!
My favorite of your photo group is the Abbey ruin.
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That’s why I slipped it in. I still have quite a few doors to share from our several UK trips. I’m really hoping we can go on holiday next year and we are expecting to move permanently in June 2022.
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You’re planning to move to England?
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To Scotland, but yes to the UK.
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These are wonderful photos. I liked the link to the history associated with the last one. Walking around the ruins must have been amazing. Thanks so much for taking us along.
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My pleasure, Dan. The story of Burke and Hare was horribly gripping, especially as we heard it within the bowels of the Edinburgh Dungeons.
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I can only imagine.
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Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos Robbie.
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Hi Kim, my pleasure. We are all living vicariously at the moment.
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Oh so fancy! Markus tells me Scotland is beautiful. I hope to see it one day, too.
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It is amazing, Michal. Beautiful buildings and scenery. It rains a lot though.
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I guess Burke and Hare were snatching bodies for other reasons…
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Yes, they murdered people to sell their bodies to a medical school as cadavers. It was rather horrible.
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Thanks, I know the story, part of legend here – I was just making a reference to how the bodies in the building are being used differently today 😉
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Yip, it is quite funny, isn’t it.
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I have yet to visit a palace. I hope to someday soon. You got some nice shot!
Pat
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Thank you, Pat. This was a really great visit.
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Looks like it! 😊
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We loved Holyrood Palace, and just about everything else about Edinburgh’s Old Town. We had quite a collection of fabulous pub sign photos by the time we left, to boot.
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Holyrood Palace is the most beautiful palace I’ve ever been to in the UK. We also visited a lot of pubs in the UK, but I don’t always take pictures.
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We had two favorites in Edinburgh: Deacon Brody’s, and the Bad Ass. The signs were great, too.
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Fantastic photos, Robbie. I want to see ALL of this in person some day!
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This is a great palace to visit, Jan. So incredibly lovely inside.
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The abbey is beautiful. Such a shame that it’s a ruin, but it is mesmerizing. Lovely photos, and the last did make me laugh. 🙂
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I’m glad, Diana. I do have a sense of humour, its just not obvious. Every Abbey I’ve visited in the UK has been a ruin. I’m not sure how many survived the reformation but none I’ve ever visited.
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That seems sad to me, but even the ruins are beautiful and spark my imagination.
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Thanks for sharing, Robbie, looks like it was a great trip. 🙂
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I do enjoy visiting the UK, Mark. So much lovely history.
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That last door is, indeed, funny.
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I thought so, H. It gave me a giggle.
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I remember walking the Royal Mile, but we somehow missed this place!
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I think you have to know its there. One of those hidden secrets. We were only in Edinburgh for 2 full days so we saw the dungeons, Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood and the Britannia.
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we had a nice visit, although in February it was a bit chilly…
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Although only one was hanged, seems they both had their just deserts regardless. Wonderful photos of the ruins!
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Yes, it is a horrifying story. The abbey must have been magnificent in its day.
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On my way to read about Burke and Hare – thanks for sharing these pictures!
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My pleasure, Barbara. Burke and Hare’s story is horrific.
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Yes, just read it – I feel like I learned about them before, but just as shocking.
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