Castle and Crags

A chilly night hoping to snap a nice sunset like the other night.

I've seen the castle, I've eaten in fantastic restaurants, and the people here are brilliant.
Christina Aguilera

The most beautiful of all the capitals of Europe. Sir John Betjeman, First and Last Loves, 1952

Probably the most beautiful city we have ever seen.
The Black Eyed Peas

Edinburgh is an experience A city of enormous gifts Whose streets sing of history Whose cobbles tell tales. Alan Bold

Edinburgh lays itself open like a secret solved; there's no leaving Edinburgh, No shifting it around: it stays with you, always. Alan Bold

Who indeed that has once seen Edinburgh, but must see it again in dreams waking or sleeping? Charlotte Bronte, letter 20 July 1850

My dear Sir, do not think that I blaspheme when I tell you that your great London, as compared to Dun-Edin, 'mine own romantic town', is as prose compared to poetry, or as a great rumbling, rambling, heavy Epic compared to a Lyric, brief, bright, clear, and vital as a flash of lightning. Charlotte Bronte, letter 1850

In just 50 years Edinburgh had more impact on our ideas than any town of its size since the Athens of Socrates.
James Buchan, Capital of the Mind, 2004

"Edina! Scotia's darling seat!" Robert Burns, Address to Edinburgh

There is no habitation of human beings in this world so fine in its way.as this, the capital of Scotland. Andrew Carnegie

Not sure about the Black Eyed Peas or Christina Aguilera as an authority on historic urban appraisals. They probably went to KFC up Nicolson Street...

Anyway, got these from the council's website.