It was our last day in Edinburgh and the last day of our vacation and so we were uplifted by this sign ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050734 as we made our way towards the botanic garden ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050735 and, on arrival, recorded the map of what is a very large area ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050736 and then started to explore coming to this interesting artwork which we didn't understand ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050737 in the lily pond ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050738 after we ran into the waterfall in the rock garden ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050739 and then started recording flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050740 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050741 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050742 and settings ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050743 and then back to flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050744 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050745 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050746 as Suzanne made her way up a path ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050747 and we went past the leaning tree ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050748 before more flowers came into view ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050749 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050750 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050751 and this label was recorded as possible ground cover for us ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050752 as the flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050753 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050754 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050755 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050756 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050757 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050758 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050759 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050760 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050761 and settings continued ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050762 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050763 with more flowers always around ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050764 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050765 as we observed the rules ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050766 and returned to flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050767 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050768 and settings ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050769 followed by these remarkably large leaves ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050770 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050771 after which we returned to a lily pond ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050772 and saw this duck ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050773 before we saw the monkey puzzle trees ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050774 and this quiz question ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050775 and then some smaller monkey puzzles ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050776 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050777 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050778 followed by more flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050779 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050780 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050781 and this small mound of grass ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050782 and another mound with mini-flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050783 onto which we focused ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050784 before returning to flower photos ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050785 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050786 and then came to a remarkable hedge with a passageway ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050787 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050788 which Suzanne headed to ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050789 and through ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050790 before we continued on towards the trees ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050791 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050792 as we made our way to the Queen Mother's Memorial Garden ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050793 where the bushes were made out to look like a maze ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050794 as we studied the history of the queen mother and her garden ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050795 before going to the shelter where there was this medal for her ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050796 and these remarkable walls ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050797 and ceilings ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050798 after which we focused in on the walls ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050799 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050800 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050801 and then after some flower photos ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050802 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050803 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050804 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050805 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050806 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050807 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050808 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050809 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050810 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050811 Suzanne posed with this scarecrow and we left the most impressive gardens. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050812

On the way forward, we passed a cricket game in action ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050813 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050814 and noted the score ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050815 and then passed a house with these lovely flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050816 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050817 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050818 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050819 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050820 and caught a long view down an Edinburgh street ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050821 before getting this sign for the dog collection ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050822 and making our way to the Georgian House where photography was not allowed but the presentation was remarkable. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050823 We made our way into town and stopped at a pub for this ciabata ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050824 and beer ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050825 and then were tempted into these chips by our neighbors ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050826 to which we then added ketchup. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050827 After a break, we headed off to dinner and happened past the birth place of James Clerk Maxwell ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050828 before going to the Urban Angel where this was the menu ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050829 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050830 which Suzanne studied ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050831 as I took this self portrait ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050832 and she ordered her lemonade ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050833 as her salad ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050834 and my fallafel arrived ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050835 and then her sandwich ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050836 and my chilli (British spelling) arrived. After dinner, we went to Kays Bar and had a pleasant conversation with our neighbor. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050837