Have I really not posted anything since we were in Edinburgh? You know what that means, it's been absurdly busy. Again.
Abandoned typewriter seen on a bench by a bus stop on the way to the station - I went up to Basel to fly to Edinburgh.
Edinburgh makes one hell of a first impression. Cherry blossoms in St Andrews Square as I got off the tram.
Statue in St Andrews Square. Incredible weather.
Looking down the awesome vista that is Princes Street.
Fantastic building beside Waverley Station.
Looking up along one of the raised bridge roads.
Seen in the basement of the Princes Street shopping centre. Not ripping off Studio Ghibli's Donguri Kyowakoku (Acorn Republic) at all...
Looking back over the station at the Scott Monument.
Looking over the top of the station to the buildings on the far side.
The Roslin Institute was host to the Genetics Society's spring meeting.
Obviously expecting a certain type of visitor.
Can you guess what the Institute is famous for yet?
Here celebrated in some lovely glass sculptures, it's Dolly the cloned sheep.
Watching me, watching you - great shot of the sheep looking out at the paparazzi.
Even a blue plaque.
There were some very nice-looking local beers available for tasting after the heavy work of the sessions was over for the day.
Edinburgh by night, taken on the way back from the dinner.
Not sure anyone not from the UK would get this one.
The second day was sadly disrupted by the funeral of an eminent geneticist, with many of the conference attendees taking a bus to the service. The rest of us were bussed out to Roslyn Chapel.
I had never heard of it, but apparently it features in the Da Vinci Code. But very beautiful and worth a visit regardless.
Gargoyle.
Mausoleum.
The massive end wall where the chapel was originally planned to branch out into a cross shape.
The view from the side of the chapel over the surrounding landscape - it was chosen as a point to defend as well as to worship.
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