Monuments.
We wandered up and down Princes Street today. The people, locals and tourists were milling about, all very contented to be in this wonderful city. There are huge grassed areas, park benches, flowers and statues everywhere. At the bottom of Hanover Street, on Princes Street to the left is the Scott Monument. A huge four-pillared gothic kind of building of blackened stone with a pure white statue of Walter Scott, the famous Scottish writer in the centre of it. Its very impressive. Tricky thinks that back when Edinburgh was being built and developed, all of the builders and architects must have had monument-envy and they took it upon themselves to outdo each other with each new monument. Everywhere you turn there is something new, huge and impressive.
Tricky says in her best Scottish accent “Monument? You call that a monument? I’ll show you a MONUMENT!”.