“Half a capital and half a country town, the whole city leads a double existence; it has long trances of the one and flashes of the other; like the king of the Black Isles, it is half alive and half a monumental marble.” Robert Louis Stevenson’s Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes, from which this quote is taken, is full of beautiful descriptions of “Auld Reekie”. Despite being set in London, Stevenson’s famous tale of Jekyll and Hyde is thought to be heavily inspired by Edinburgh because of this ‘double existence’. source:edinburghnews.scotsman.com #edinburgh #scotland #scottish #visitscotland #explorescotland #history #scottishhistory #gothic #outlander #kilt #andythehighlander #highlandertours #alba #greatkilt #tartan #city #scotlandtravel #edinburghcity #royalmile #edinburghscotland #unlimitedscotland #edinburghphotography #hiddenscotland