Summer trip to Edinburgh IV: Prince Street: shopping, museums, gardens

The dynamic of Princes Street offers multiple functions for citizens and tourists.

It is the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland, and the main shopping area in the capital. Unlike many high streets are occupied by a lot of shops, Princes Street has two sides of its face with very different views. One side is for bustling shopping, ancient glorious architectures and gardens are its another side.

 

One of the most impressive characteristics is the width of the sidewalk is designed as big as that of the lane. Walking is enjoyable! 

Second, opposite to a whole street of stores is the large Prince Street Garden which is gracefully integrated into the urban scenery. In this park, some statues and stones there are enshrined to respect the sacrifice of past warfare.

Moreover, Princes Street is located in the New Town area, while the Old Town area—

The home to Edinburgh Castle— is just within a few minutes’ walking distances. Just head up, Edinburgh Castle can be viewed in the air, and allure you to walk into his ancient history.

This checkerboard street system expresses an inherent noble dignity, which is built on and accumulated by their glorious culture. I can imagine numerous tourists coming from all over the world enjoy this city during the annual Edinburgh international festival (in August). In addition, Queen street seems to reach to the seaside at the end with a slight downhill, reminding me of San Francisco streets. 

Museums are also around the corner for you to read their stories and collections, while I do not have enough time to go through everything this time. 

One interesting thing I especially have to mention here. That is, Primark is a chain store in the UK, while only the Primark in Edinburgh offers unique T-shirts with Edinburgh Castle image on it. And I got one now.  

Last but not the least thing, when I walk into a restaurant with my Taiwanese friend, she told the waiter I am from England, suddenly the waiter refused to serve me. Surely, we were just playing a serious joke, we know the difference between Scotland and England, and I do respect Scottish national identity according to their history, governmental policy, people, language, and culture.

Yes, it is absolutely different from other nations in the UK. And Taiwanese migrants have strong integration into this national and social identity, they are very pride of being Scottish. When I drank Scottish water, my Taiwanese friend told me that is from the extinct volcano in the Scottish Highlands. Awesome! I can feel that and happy for them as I have become a fan of Scotland after this trip.

我的愛丁堡之行四：王子街購物,博物館,花園

王子街的動能為市民和遊客提供多種功能。

它是蘇格蘭愛丁堡市中心的主要通道，也是首都的主要購物區。與許多商店佔據的許多高街不同，王子街的兩面都有不同的視角。 一面是繁華的購物，古老的輝煌建築和花園則是另一面。

最令人印象深刻的特徵之一是人行道的寬度設計與車道的寬度一樣大。 散步很愉快！

其次，與整條街道相對的是很大的王子街花園，它優雅地融入了城市風景。 在這個公園裡，有一些雕像和石頭供奉，以尊重過去戰爭的犧牲。

此外，王子街位於新城區，而老城區--愛丁堡城堡的所在地--距離此僅有幾分鐘的步行路程。抬起頭,愛丁堡城堡就可以在空中觀看到，並引誘您走進悠遠歷史。

這種棋盤街道系統表達了一種固有的高貴尊嚴，這種尊嚴建立在其輝煌文化的基礎上並由其積累而成。我可以想像在一年一度的愛丁堡國際藝術節期間(8月),來自世界各地的眾多遊客都會喜歡這座城市。此外，皇后街似乎最後能到達海邊有著微微的下坡，讓我想起舊金山的街道。

博物館也在附近，供您閱讀他們的故事和收藏品，而我這次停留沒有足夠的時間來瀏覽所有內容。有趣的是，我特別要提到的，Primark是英國的連鎖店，而愛丁堡的Primark則提供獨特的T恤，上面有愛丁堡城堡圖形。只在愛丁堡哦，我現在有一件。

最後但並非最不重要的是，當我和我的台灣朋友走進一家餐館時，她告訴服務員我來自英格蘭，服務員突然拒絕為我服務。當然，我們只是在開一個嚴肅的玩笑，我們知道蘇格蘭和英格蘭之間的區別，根據他們的歷史，政府政策，人民，語言和文化, 我確實尊重蘇格蘭民族的身份認同，

是的，它與英國其他國家完全不同。台灣移民與這個國家和社會認同意識有很強的融合，他們非常自豪是蘇格蘭人。當我喝蘇格蘭水時，我的台灣朋友告訴我，這是來自蘇格蘭高地的死火山水。真棒！在這次旅行結束後，我成為蘇格蘭的粉絲。