The parliament building is amazing. It's built to look like twigs and leaves from above, and to go with that theme, the sides are adorned with bamboo and leaf-shaped things. It sits right in front of Arthur's Seat.
Other sides of the parliament have a very modern feel. Opinions about this building are mixed 1) because such a modern building in a VERY old city looks slightly out-of-place, and 2) because it apparently went drastically over-budget.
There's a pretty neat little sitting area with a reflecting pond that seems to be a local hang-out (wow I sound old) for high-school kids.
I tried to do some exploration around Salisbury Crags, just west of Arthur's Seat, but for some reason, I couldn't really find any of the spots that I heard of online. It turns out that I was on the wrong side of the mountain. Apparently I'm not the only that has made this mistake because the website where I looked today is titled "What do you mean you're lost?!?! They're big enough, aren't they?"
I took a walk completely around the north-west face and back down to the south-east side. I took this photo towards the end of the walk hoping to give you some perspective about how massive this rock actually is, but it's so far in the distance here that it seems kind of small relative to the cars... o well, I tried.
Here's a video of some of the bouldering that's available on the crags. You apparently have to be careful here though, because some of the spots are "off-limits" as you'll see from the sign in the movie.
Link to video (it was trying to load it even if people didn't play it)
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I watched the whole video hoping that guy would full...very disappointing.
kyle!! don't forget!! the parliment building is also built with green designs... such as a green/garden roof :-)
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