This from Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which I recently read for the first time.
'. . . It was then that Miss Brodie looked beautiful and fragile, just as dark heavy Edinburgh itself could suddenly be changed into a floating city when the light was a special pearly white and fell upon one of the gracefully fashioned streets. . . .'
'. . . It was then that Miss Brodie looked beautiful and fragile, just as dark heavy Edinburgh itself could suddenly be changed into a floating city when the light was a special pearly white and fell upon one of the gracefully fashioned streets. . . .'
Oh, Edinburgh, the Sienna of the north!
ReplyDeleteHey Mim, it is usually known as Athens of the north, but I like Siena too. ;)
ReplyDeleteThat's more or less what I thought when I last came to Edinburgh. :-)
ReplyDeleteIs truly beautiful city, views of hills or water all around, and the Old Town never ceases to enchant.
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