One has to admire people who assess the encroaching darkness, wind, rain (and sometimes snow) and say, "I've got a great idea, let's have a carnival. Outside!" Indeed, the Ferris Wheel has been set up and lit up, along with the carousel, nicely bracketing the spiky dark broodiness of the Scott Monument. The photo below is not mine (as usual), but it is representative of what Princes Street will clearly look like in another week or two. The well-lit castle-like building in the background is the beautiful and elegant Balmoral Hotel where I enjoyed afternoon tea two months back. Very posh and Scottish, at the same time. If you look carefully you can just barely make out the shape of the Scott Monument Tower looming over the Ferris wheel.
Clearly, the winter holidays are taken quite seriously here, and by that I mean people plan to have a seriously good time, no doubt aided by a few warming beverages.
Who rides a Ferris wheel at night when the temperature is 2C and the wind blows 25kph...
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