The Royal Mile

[TheNaughtyScot]

Yes, indeed. The Royal Mile is simply for state ceremony and tourism, much like the National Mall in Washinton, DC. All sorts of vendors trying to make a buck off of visitors, but I think that is the way most attractions are. I will say that when my classmates and I visited on a break from our studies, I had to keep them away from the cheap stuff. The real quality goods seem to come from the smaller Scottish towns or Canada, not the cliche spots where you'd expect.

As for the new parliment building, I thought it provided a very unbridled and powerful statement of independence in contrast to the Georgian architecture of the English rule.

-Ian

[English Bloke]

... As for the new parliment building, I thought it provided a very unbridled and powerful statement of independence in contrast to the Georgian architecture of the English rule...

-Ian

Aaah Ian, how right you are. Those pesky English. Throwing up their awful architecture all over the place since James the sixth and first moved his court from Edinburgh to London in 1603. Who do they think they are?...

[Lachlan09]

As for the new parliment building, I thought it provided a very unbridled and powerful statement of independence in contrast to the Georgian architecture of the English rule.

-Ian

Ian

I think you'll find that the main people involved in designing the Georgian New Town, master-planner James Craig, architect William Chambers, most famously-associated architect Robert Adam and later, Robert Reid, were all Scottish. No English hands needed – we Scots did it all by ourselves.


How much did the cost of the new parliamentary building over-run by again ?

[robthehiker]

Ian

How much did the cost of the new parliamentary building over-run by again ?

from wikipedia (an always reliable source...):
"From the outset, the building and its construction have proven to be highly controversial. The choices of location, architect, design, and construction company were all criticised by politicians, the media and the Scottish public.[8] Scheduled to open in 2001, it did so in 2004, more than three years late with an estimated final cost of £414m, many times higher than initial estimates of between £10m and £40m."