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<album title="Edinburgh" description="Edinburgh" lgPath="gallery/album1/large/" tnPath="gallery/album1/thumb/">
<img src="100_0173.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0173.JPG" caption="Welcome to ye olde slideshow of Edinburgh! A block of very spiffy looking hotels, very close to the castle."/>
<img src="100_0174.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0174.JPG" caption="Entrance to one of the aforementioned hotels. "/>
<img src="100_0175.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0175.JPG" caption="There were a surprising number of wide open spaces, even in downtown. I quite liked these small parks, but most of them seemed gated off and unavailable to the general public."/>
<img src="100_0178.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0178.JPG" caption="A sporty little mini-car."/>
<img src="100_0180.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0180.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0182.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0182.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0183.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0183.JPG" caption="Some quite steep dropoffs at times! Flat land this ain't."/>
<img src="100_0186.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0186.JPG" caption="There were dozens of statues like this along a street that stretched out of sight."/>
<img src="100_0187.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0187.JPG" caption="A view of the castle from the shopping district."/>
<img src="100_0189.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0189.JPG" caption="An abandoned car. And hey, a fingerprint! "/>
<img src="100_0191.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0191.JPG" caption="Tourist shopping district."/>
<img src="100_0192.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0192.JPG" caption="A shortcut between streets of the tourist area."/>
<img src="100_0195.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0195.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0196.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0196.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0197.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0197.JPG" caption="Quite a bit of urban decay lurks around corners!"/>
<img src="100_0198.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0198.JPG" caption="Some magnificent detailing on a shop facade."/>
<img src="100_0199.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0199.JPG" caption="Dang bus."/>
<img src="100_0200.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0200.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0201.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0201.JPG" caption="From a McDonalds window."/>
<img src="100_0202.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0202.JPG" caption="Some rearing chap."/>
<img src="100_0203.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0203.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0204.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0204.JPG" caption="I took this one because of the oddness of the bridge in the distance - the wickerwork skybridge thing."/>
<img src="100_0205.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0205.JPG" caption="Lens flare'd!"/>
<img src="100_0208.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0208.JPG" caption="The weather was really good."/>
<img src="100_0210.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0210.JPG" caption="This was St.Andrew's Place, I believe."/>
<img src="100_0211.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0211.JPG" caption="Arthur's seat."/>
<img src="100_0212.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0212.JPG" caption="I meant to go hiking along 'em, but I ran out of time. And I found the city more interesting than the nature!"/>
<img src="100_0213.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0213.JPG" caption="A look over the railways. Quite poorly maintained!"/>
<img src="100_0214.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0214.JPG" caption="A bit of skyline. Great weather!"/>
<img src="100_0215.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0215.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0216.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0216.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0217.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0217.JPG" caption="A closeup of the debris in the rail area."/>
<img src="100_0218.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0218.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0219.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0219.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0222.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0222.JPG" caption="Pair of abandoned gloves."/>
<img src="100_0224.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0224.JPG" caption="This one's for you, Mike."/>
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<img src="100_0229.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0229.JPG" caption="I couldn't ignore so gloriously shoddy a job of home repair."/>
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<img src="100_0231.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0231.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0232.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0232.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0233.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0233.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0234.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0234.JPG" caption="An amazing amount of detail on a bridge. "/>
<img src="100_0235.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0235.JPG" caption="Very interesting style of stacked buildings - I loved the terraced style of the estates in this area."/>
<img src="100_0237.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0237.JPG" caption="Layers upon layers of buildings."/>
<img src="100_0241.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0241.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0242.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0242.JPG" caption="The park in front of the castle."/>
<img src="100_0243.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0243.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0244.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0244.JPG" caption="The quintessential tourist. He was madly snapping away at everything in sight, but I think he caught on to me, because he abruptly stopped and glared."/>
<img src="100_0245.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0245.JPG" caption="Seriously. Great weather."/>
<img src="100_0246.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0246.JPG" caption=""/>
<img src="100_0249.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0249.JPG" caption="A depressed looking tree in the Royal Gardens."/>
<img src="100_0251.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0251.JPG" caption="Huge fountain in the aforementioned Gardens. Starving and foolish, I bought a hotdog there for 6 pounds. "/>
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<img src="100_0254.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0254.JPG" caption="Ominous rockface!"/>
<img src="100_0256.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0256.JPG" caption="Quite a climb to this little gate."/>
<img src="100_0257.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0257.JPG" caption="Similarly inhospitable."/>
<img src="100_0259.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0259.JPG" caption="North America: Why don't you have these already?"/>
<img src="100_0261.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0261.JPG" caption="A view of the skyline from the castle."/>
<img src="100_0262.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0262.JPG" caption="Note the little ladder leading all the way to the top! (you might have to click the image to load it fullscale)"/>
<img src="100_0263.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0263.JPG" caption="Quite a cathedral."/>
<img src="100_0264.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0264.JPG" caption="Imposing fellow. I was continually surprised at how many statues there were scattered across the city, and how good every last one was."/>
<img src="100_0265.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0265.JPG" caption="One of hundreds of tiny allies leading who-knows where."/>
<img src="100_0266.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0266.JPG" caption="View from the other end of that alley."/>
<img src="100_0268.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0268.JPG" caption="Feels like this home got put on the wrong continent somehow..."/>
<img src="100_0267.JPG" link="gallery/album1/large/100_0267.JPG" caption="Nice spot."/>

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<album title="Glasgow" description="Glasgow" lgPath="gallery/album2/large/" tnPath="gallery/album2/thumb/">
<img src="100_0269.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0269.JPG" caption="Heh. Incidentally, the building in the background is the 'Nelson Mandela House'. Apparently, Mandela was adopted by the UK Labour Party as a convenient symbol."/>
<img src="100_0271.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0271.JPG" caption="One of the main streets off of Buchanan station."/>
<img src="100_0272.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0272.JPG" caption="Peacock roof!"/>
<img src="100_0273.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0273.JPG" caption="A mighty funky building in the middle of ancient architecture - apparently once a railway station and now a mall."/>
<img src="100_0274.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0274.JPG" caption="This one reminded me of a tiny castle..."/>
<img src="100_0275.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0275.JPG" caption="A tower sitting in the middle of an empty square."/>
<img src="100_0277.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0277.JPG" caption="This was an impromptu market in the suburbs of Glasgow - interesting tradition."/>
<img src="100_0279.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0279.JPG" caption="This guy was sitting on the can, reading a newspaper until two seconds before I took this shot. "/>
<img src="100_0280.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0280.JPG" caption="Shot of the river, with one of the innumerable bridges that seemed to spring up every 50 years/yards along Glasgow."/>
<img src="100_0283.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0283.JPG" caption="You have NO idea how much frustration that duck caused me. Stupid duck."/>
<img src="100_0285.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0285.JPG" caption="The far side of the river, the non-tourist side, was a little worse for wear."/>
<img src="100_0288.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0288.JPG" caption="It feels like somebody used the crop tool on this building..."/>
<img src="100_0291.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0291.JPG" caption="A nifty modern-art spotlight thing."/>
<img src="100_0293.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0293.JPG" caption="Funky architecture on the rich side of the river."/>
<img src="100_0295.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0295.JPG" caption="More funkiness."/>
<img src="100_0296.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0296.JPG" caption="This is the newest bridge in Glagow - apparently dubbed 'That Twisty Bridge.'"/>
<img src="100_0300.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0300.JPG" caption="According to my Grandfather, in his day this was the entrance to a subway that connected the two sides of the river."/>
<img src="100_0304.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0304.JPG" caption="The bridge to the Glasgow Auditorium - something of a ripoff of the Sydney Opera House!"/>
<img src="100_0306.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0306.JPG" caption="My luck held, and I got consisently great weather throughout."/>
<img src="100_0308.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0308.JPG" caption="A parking garage under construction. It reminded me of an old paddleboat steamer for some reason, though."/>
<img src="100_0311.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0311.JPG" caption="Oh yeah."/>
<img src="100_0312.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0312.JPG" caption="This was actually the entry to the tourist ferry. Kinda unfriendly!"/>
<img src="100_0313.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0313.JPG" caption="Classical architecture."/>
<img src="100_0315.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0315.JPG" caption="Ye Olde Construction Tunnel of Doom."/>
<img src="100_0318.JPG" link="gallery/album2/large/100_0318.JPG" caption="Glasgow Central Train station. This is where I got lost the last time I was here! I spent the rest of my day hanging out and drawing passersby."/>
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<album title="Amsterdam" description="Amsterdam" lgPath="gallery/album3/large/" tnPath="gallery/album3/thumb/">
<img src="100_0322.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0322.JPG" caption="A typical Amsterdamian street."/>
<img src="100_0323.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0323.JPG" caption="I was told one could find one's place in the city at all times by seeing how the canals curved."/>
<img src="100_0324.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0324.JPG" caption="A great deal of interesting architecture."/>
<img src="100_0325.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0325.JPG" caption="A floating crane! In the red light district, incidentally."/>
<img src="100_0327.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0327.JPG" caption="Note the vastly different concepts of 'up' that these buildings share."/>
<img src="100_0329.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0329.JPG" caption="Also note how there IS NO BUILDING behind that facade. The building itself was only two stories high, but the windows kept on going!"/>
<img src="100_0330.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0330.JPG" caption="Cool little taxis. Never got a chance to try one, though."/>
<img src="100_0331.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0331.JPG" caption="Amsterdam's fire department is extremely modern. "/>
<img src="100_0332.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0332.JPG" caption="The bike on the right there is covered in flowers - and not only plastic ones! There were some very unique and cool bikes out there."/>
<img src="100_0335.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0335.JPG" caption="A threatening loom to the angle of the houses in this alley. Incidentally, this is the only alley in all Amsterdam that is not crammed with people."/>
<img src="100_0337.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0337.JPG" caption="Every street has wires over it - telephone wires, washing lines, tram lines, little flag things, lights..."/>
<img src="100_0346.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0346.JPG" caption="I was crashing at Fred's aparment, which is on the other side of these identical ones. People looking to expand their homes always go up here - there's just no horizontal land unclaimed!"/>
<img src="100_0340.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0340.JPG" caption="Bicycle parking lot. Seriously, holy shit, dudes."/>
<img src="100_0341.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0341.JPG" caption="There was an insane number of bikes in front of any public place! How people find which bike is theirs is beyond me."/>
<img src="100_0344.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0344.JPG" caption="Cool architecture."/>
<img src="100_0345.JPG" link="gallery/album3/large/100_0345.JPG" caption="Governmental buildings in the Dam square."/>
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