Edinburgh

Our day, in Edinburgh, started with a guided sight seeing tour of Edinburgh. Robbie, a highlander, was our tour guide. He was quite funny, but could be seen as...well you'll see. We enjoy a view of the Scottish crown jewels at Edinburgh Castle, which sits on top of a extinct volcano.

We past an area where construction workers were supposedly working. To this he said, "Edinburgh construction workers are the only ones that make Mexican construction workers look fast."

Robert Lewis Stevens, writer of Treasure Island, lived here in room 17 and used the nearby pond for inspiration.

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Streets

Neat Buildings

Robbie said that we would finish before 12:30 because he had a disease which required him to be in a pub between 12 and 12:30, the disease was called thirsty-citis. Another one of his little jokes was the different ways people count to see how everyone is present: The English count heads; The Irish count feet and divide by two; The lowlander counts empty seats; and the highlander looks around and says 'that's good enough'.

The group was dropped off to investigate Edinburgh themselves. Pat, Ann, Carrie, and I went to get a bite to eat from this pub called The Royal McGregor. The pub had great food and service. We walk up to the Tartan shop, which is beside the Edinburgh castle, to find Pat's tartan pattern. We shop for a new bag at Princes mall.

Edinburgh Streets II

Dark Towers

We walk to Waverly bridge to meet John and the rest of the group for supper. From the bridge we walk to Merchants street and have supper at the Merchants restaurant. We leave the restaurant and split off from the group to walk around and shop a bit more.

At 7pm we meet John and the group for the Ghost and Ghoul tour. The tour lasted for an hour and a half and was so much fun.

Light in the Rain

After that Pat and Ann catch a cab to Hard Rock Cafe. Carrie and I go in search of an internet cafe and decide to go to Hard Rock as well. We walked there and found that Pat and Ann had just walked into the place. After Hard Rock Carrie and I walked to the nearest Internet cafe, then back to our hotel, in the rain, and we made it to the hotel at 11:30pm. Carrie and I walked all over new and old towns! I love this city!

Night Scene

Moon and Venus Dance

The night before I took this photograph. The night does not become dark into well after 11pm here. Their longest day, June 21st, consists of twenty hours of daylight. In the winter their shortest day, December 21st, consists of 20 hours of darkness. At 11:30pm I gaze out the window looking West and see the crescent moon and Venus, so close together that they seemed to be dancing close together in the waning light.

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