本帖最后由 ceciliachiu 于 2012-9-23 13:30 编辑
After the Donnottar Castle, we spent a night in Aberdeen and stayed in a downtown hotel. Like any big cities, the downtown could be unsafe at night. We saw drunks and hooligans on our way to find a restaurant for dinner nearby. Thus, we did not spent time hanging out that evening and returned to our hotel right after dinner.
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13 August 2012, Day 5
Statue of Edward VII, Aberdeen (right outside our hotel)
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A naughty seagull standing on the head of the king
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Loanhead of Deviot Recumbent Stone Circle
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Huntley Castle
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Getting used to walking up a grassy slope, my niece was running up
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After some sightseeing, we went to meet my friend at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Lumsden where she was having a foundry session casting some sculptures (P.S. the guy in this photo is not my friend)
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A video on the bronze casting process
14 August 2011, Day 6
We spent the night in my friend's lovely estate in Blairglowrie. This is her gallery on the property.
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Blair Atholl Rifle Range (which is reminesent of the Queenstown Rifle Range in Tasmania)
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The Hermitage
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The Hermitage is a picturesque nature area in Perthshire, Scotland. There is a small parking area at the entrance of the path into the area but no sign saying parking ticket required. We bought some drinks at the kiosk in the carpark. When I turned around, I found a suspicious brown coloured pole in a very inconspicuous location. Suspecting that could be a ticket machine, I approached and found out that it is! Of course, we bought our tickets. Another tourist trap.
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