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Charlotte Street
« on: January 25, 2013, 08:34:02 PM »
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Re: Charlotte Street
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2013, 08:13:04 AM »
Hi dmg,

thanks for sharing !  :)
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Re: Charlotte Street
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2013, 10:56:52 AM »
Nice pics, thanks DMG
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Re: Charlotte Street
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2013, 12:00:03 PM »
No problem.  I always meant to do it before.  Of course, Charlotte Square (in the centre) is the real gem.  Many famous people from the past were born here including Alexander Graham Bell and it is the official residence of the Scottish First Minister today.

I think the story behind the link-boys would be a nice idea for a new MK song... :think
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Re: Charlotte Street
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2013, 09:54:02 PM »

Thank you for sharing these beautiful pictures dmg!  :thumbsup

I have been to some English towns and like watching the beautiful buildings with the big chimneys and facades!

We haven't been to  Edinburgh yet, but it is sure at my list and I hope to visit it in future!

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Re: Charlotte Street
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2013, 11:11:08 PM »
Quote from: Fieneke2 on January 26, 2013, 09:54:02 PM

Thank you for sharing these beautiful pictures dmg!  :thumbsup

I have been to some English towns and like watching the beautiful buildings with the big chimneys and facades!

We haven't been to  Edinburgh yet, but it is sure at my list and I hope to visit it in future!

Fieneke

When you do, be sure to give me the nod and I'll show you around. :wave
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Re: Charlotte Street
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2013, 11:16:27 PM »
Here's the web site of The Roxburghe Hotel in Charlotte Square.  Presumably this is the one Mark took his walking stick from ;):

http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/our-hotels/the-roxburghe-hotel/
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Re: Charlotte Street
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2013, 01:20:27 AM »
Quote from: dmg on January 26, 2013, 11:16:27 PM
Here's the web site of The Roxburghe Hotel in Charlotte Square.  Presumably this is the one Mark took his walking stick from ;):

http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/our-hotels/the-roxburghe-hotel/

I love your pics dmg! Thanks for posting them. It makes me even more excited to see beautiful Edinburgh when I come to the UK this summer.
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Re: Charlotte Street
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2013, 06:27:54 AM »
Beautiful pics, dmg!!  Thanks so much for sharing!!  Of course I had to listen to What It Is, right away!!!  (Which, is a very good thing!!!)  ;)
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Re: Charlotte Street
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2013, 10:03:51 AM »
Thanks dmg - nice pics!    :thumbsup
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Re: Charlotte Street
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2013, 12:30:12 PM »
I went into the city and took them all in one day (except for the few in the October set) and walked from Haymarket to Morningside, to the Grassmarket, then on to Waverley Station nursing a blister on my heel!

It wasn't exactly sunny - in fact, there was no sun at all.  Just cloud!  It was though one of the few days lately when I've had the chance to get there on a dry day and the forecast was for sun.
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Re: Charlotte Street
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2013, 03:39:25 PM »
Quote Dmg: "When you do, be sure to give me the nod and I'll show you around. :wave"

Thank you, I sure will!  ;)

Btw I have to admit that I didn't know that the song "What it is" is about Edingburgh. After reading your information I got curious
and read the lyrics again! :-[  :lol

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Re: Charlotte Street
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2013, 12:15:29 PM »
Quote from: Fieneke2 on January 27, 2013, 03:39:25 PM
Quote Dmg: "When you do, be sure to give me the nod and I'll show you around. :wave"

Thank you, I sure will!  ;)

Btw I have to admit that I didn't know that the song "What it is" is about Edingburgh. After reading your information I got curious
and read the lyrics again! :-[  :lol

Fieneke

The videclip is filmed in Edinburgh too.
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Re: Charlotte Street
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2013, 02:35:58 PM »
Very nice photos!

First time I went to London, last century, I walked by all the places MK mentions in his songs. Sadly I was a lousy photographer at the time, there were not digital cameras available, and the pictures were not good at all. Just discovered it back in Brazil, too late to try another set of photos...
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