ScotlandDay41: Things You Won't See in the US

Castles bursting out of the mountains . . .

Edinburgh Castle

A fully kilted drum and pipe band at rest . . .

At Heart and Soul 2012

Closes . . .

In Edinburgh

A police station for sale . . .

Yes, it's for sale & several others
like it in Edinburgh -- you too can
have your very own Tardis, a la
Dr. Who (I'm told there's a Church
of Scotland minister who has his
own in his living room in Girvan,
although I have yet to see it with
my own eyes.)

Anything etched in stone from 1606 . . .

A blessing of irony:  Blessed are the peacemakers
beneath the "God save the king", referring to King James
of KJV fame - King James I (VI of Scotland) prosecuted
under his own supervision, the torture of those accused of
witchcraft, although he later changed his mind about the
practice -- mostly, it seems on grounds of workability
rather than morality, but the result was the same, with
his abandonment of the practice, by and large.

Red mail boxes . . .

I don't know why, but
they're just cooler than
the blue ones where I'm
from

The sun setting on the Atlantic Ocean . . .

Sunset at Culzean Castle