edinburgh--harry potter theme weekend

edinburgh is probably my new favorite city. while i don't have the time or energy to go into the whole thing right now, it is amazingly quaint, beautiful, and full of so much history and pride. other thing it's full of: harry potter references. awesome. some pictures:

platform 9 and 3/4 at kings cross is actually between platforms 8 and 9

view from half way up arthur's seat, my new favorite place ever

falling rocks are pretty funny

university of edinburgh on our historical walking tour.

we were standing below where darwin would've had anatomy lecture during his short time there

in greyfriar's cemetary
the group outside the gates to the school where JK Rowling's kids went which inspired Hogwarts

where JK wrote the first chapters!
we had coffee here. and used the bathroom for good measure.

i thought daddy would enjoy the fact that they are apparently big on sailor jerry in scotland.
(they also had 10 cane)

botanic gardens lily pad pond--super cool.

on top of arthur's seat with the edinburgh castle in the background
our hostel was just below the castle and also had a sweet view of it. but not this sweet.

part of the world record largest collection of whiskey bottles
these ones are shaped like books in order to look like they belong on your shelf
there were also chess sets, little dogs, eagles, and about 300 others

a 360 of the view from the top of arthur's seat. it was pretty windy so maybe turn down the volume
in the middle there, i zoom in on the edinburgh castle which we could see from our hostel. and it finishes on the other peak of the park which i climbed half way up before turning around