Mordu and Rachel in Providence: Holyrood Palace and Abbey

Thursday, 14 June 2012

Holyrood Palace and Abbey

Holyrood (HOLLy-rude) Palace is the Queen's official residence in Scotland. They didn't let us take pictures inside but the lush gardens and romantically ruined Holyrood Abbey which is said to have inspired Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony were the most beautiful parts anyway. Yes, everything really was this green and gorgeous in person.

Approaching the palace.

View out the palace gate.

Holyrood Abbey.

Holyrood Abbey. Nice nose job!

Gardens.

View of the abbey from the gardens.

Royal Company of Archers happened to be out competing for the Queen's prize on the afternoon of our visit. They used to be the sovereign's official bodyguard in Scotland.

Ready...aim...fire!

Another view of Holyrood Abbey.

Another shot of the gardens.

12th century meets 21st.

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About this blog:

This blog was first conceived in early 2012 (under the title "Mordu and Rachel in London") when Mordu and I traveled to the U.K. so Mordu could conduct dissertation research in various British archives. We then moved on to Israel for the 2012-13 school year and I changed the title accordingly. This blog was originally meant to serve as a kind of 21st century electronic postcard to friends and family back home, but we have discovered that it has an added bonus of serving as a scrapbook for us as well.