We
found letterboxes today!! Both “On the Road” and “Big Ness Mess” were
successfully found!
We
took a bus to Craigmiller Castle, in a South Edinburgh suburb. This was a lot of fun and really neat.
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| They have lots of road construction too! Just like Constructionopolis back home. |
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| This street sign was only obvious if you are sitting on the deck of a double decker bus. |
Unlike Edinburgh, there weren’t very many
people, the site isn’t improved, and we got to climb in, on, and around the
ruins. Took a lot of pictures of this
one, which dated from the 1400’s through many modifications through the
1600’s. Naturally we planted a letterbox
nearby.
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| teens will be teens, the world round. |
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| Craigmillar up closer. |
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| respect the sign... bahahahahaha! |
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| gettin' artsy |
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| boo on the loo |
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| Someone's got inky fingers! |
Took
a bus back to Leith for lunch at Gladstone’s Pub, right on the river (called
The Water of Leith). Decided to keep
taking it easy, with a nap at the hotel since we were nearby. Very good break from the crowds.
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| cheeky pudgy pigeon |
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| Walked by this every day, I delighted that I could look up her nose. |
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| waiting for me to get my act together. |
We
decided to go out for a few drinks at local watering holes in Leither instead
of the very crowded Mile. It was hard to
explain an “Iron Butterfly” drink to the local bartender. They didn’t really understand the idea of a
multi-alcohol mixed drink because they are very expensive there, and pretty
small and weak (see appendix). Some
drunk guy thought we were Austrian and “saluted” us with a heil that made no
sense. I think others in the bar were
embarrassed for him. Local Chinese
takeout for dinner, which was very good; their cheap Chinese is different than
our cheap Chinese.
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