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Weekly Highlights (21/03/2010)

lemiffe — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:31:26 +0000

Better late than never, here is my photoset for last week’s events. It was a bit of a hectic one, lots of moving about, lots of work, however, I had enough time at the weekend to go and visit a few museums, and take a few photos around the city.

The photo above was taken on George Street. Right now there are a few roadworks going on, but this particular section is beautiful, specially after 7pm when the lights are turned on in all these Victorian-style buildings.

This is a beautiful fountain located just outside the People’s Palace and Winter Gardens. I had the opportunity to visit this on Saturday, what a nice place indeed… Well worth visiting.

This photo was taken inside the Winter Gardens. It was bloody hot inside, and there were a few plants you would not expect to find in Scotland, all made possible by this massive greenhouse. This fountain/sculpture is in the centre of the gardens which also have a really nice café/diner.

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Weekly Highlights (14/03/2010)

lemiffe — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:23:02 +0000

So this week was a fantastic one! Lots of stuff going on… But most of the stuff took place between Saturday and Sunday. I took a tour around Glasgow for the sake of it. The first day I caught a glimpse of the protest pictured above. A march for refugees… I don’t know the complete story behind it so there is no point in me speculating about it.

Along the tour I took a few pictures of the SECC in Glasgow. Remarkably similar to the opera house in Australia. Some people along the tour said it looks like a squashed version of it.

The last stop was the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Wonderful time I had here, lots of stuff to see, lots of stuff to do. Everything from Egyptian expositions, Scottish art, lots of stuffed animals, and plenty of things to look at. One good point to mention was the organ player at the entrance. Quite a crowd had gathered at the cafe below to watch him:

So in general I would say it was a successful week. If only every week was as entertaining. How was your week?

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Weekly Highlights (28/02/2010)

lemiffe — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:21:29 +0000

I think Glasgow looks a bit like San Fransisco in some areas. Specially near this area at the north of the City Centre, just under the M8. In the picture we can see Sauchiehall St. taken from Renfrew St. There is quite a slope, and it was a lot more elevated in some other areas (45º). I have never been to San Fransisco, but it must be beautiful. Troy Holden from the Caliber Group and Thomas Hawk really do an excellent job photographing SF.

So it snowed again, just a few days ago. Everything was covered in white again, and I also caught a really bad cold while running to catch the bus to work through a blizzard. Fortunately the snow has cleared in the city, but while on the bus and train outside town I have seen some pretty impressive scenery.

I was cold as hell in this picture. I don’t generally post pictures however I think the expression in my eyes gives away the whole context of the situation. It’s hard sometimes being at sub zero for 40+ minutes waiting for the bus.

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Weekly Highlights (03/01/2010)

lemiffe — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:28:53 +0000

This week I took a trip to Inverness, so I have a few photos to share with you. There was snow, and there was more snow, and there was a few snow storms, there was a lack of stores open, there were no buses circulating, there was a nuthead, and another nuthead, but on the good side of things there was an excellent restaurant (next to Ness River on the East side), there was lots to photograph, and there was good fun. Enjoy!

This photo was taken from a bridge next to Ness Walk, just north from Ness Islands. I didn’t have a chance to go to Ness Islands, the snow was difficult to walk through, but the view from the bridge was good enough.

A snowman just outside a random B&B near Bught Park. I thought it was quite ingenious the way it was designed, don’t you think? I love the broomstick!

Oh, the cemetery next to Glenurquhart Road. Massive, bloody massive! Beautiful view, specially with all the snow. Sometimes everything looked like the scenery of the “Snow Operation” in the game “Project Reality“. Gosh, saying that almost makes me sounds like a geek.

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Weekly Highlights (22/11/2009)

lemiffe — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:11:02 +0000

I will try to upload weekly highlights of interesting moments and photos taken during the week, hopefully to inspire you and others to do the same. Look around, visit places, take photos. In life every moment counts.

At the start of this week I travelled to Glasgow to finish a pending job. Just down on West George St. in Glasgow City Centre I found this interesting fair being built up. My guess is for St. Andrews Day.

This is the view of the loch in Linlithgow. It was a rainy + cloudy day, and heaven knows why we randomly decided to take a trip to Linlithgow, a town of which I had never heard about, but it was a great experience despite the rain.

A silhouette of you, from inside Linlithgow Palace. You can see the beautiful small town just outside the window.

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Second Visit to Holyrood Park

lemiffe — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:02:13 +0000

Yesterday I decided to go for a stroll around Holyrood Park with a friend of mine. We went all the way to the top of the right hill, about 200 meters altitude. Afterwards we payed a visit to the ruins of St. Anthony’s Chapel down the other side of Holyrood. I leave you with a few photographs documenting our voyage.

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Visit to Holyrood Park

lemiffe — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:50:45 +0000

So today I finally got my act together and decided to pay Holyrood a short visit. My main intention was to view how far out am I living from the docks, as shortly I plan to make a visit to Edinburgh’s dock to take a few pictures. Anyway, I leave you with a photoset from Holyrood park.

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