6-07-2011
After a few months of traveling by ourselves it is a different experience having others along. By now we have perfected our method of getting to a new place and getting to the hotel, our movements are smooth and synchronized. Well, it did not work that way in Edinburgh, differing opinions led to chaos, luckily could laugh about it and we did get there eventually.
Staying at a lovely place ( thanks to my uncle) , our best so far. Short walk to the castle, a guided tour around by a young man with a good sense of humor got us to a great start. There is so much to see there including the coronation stone and royal jewels. The prisoners' rooms in the underground vault with graffiti filled walls was quite interesting. The memorial for the war victims is done very well. The Queen was in town so the Royal guards were in place and quite willing for pictures. Liked the story behind the one o'clock cannon, it is fired daily at that time, was used for ships to set their watches, it is not at 12 o' clock to save on the cannon balls, well we are in Scotland.
In the meantime my grandmother ( been to the castle before ) went to visit an elderly friend of hers, now in a nursing home. She refused to take a taxi and found her way there and back on the bus, quite proud of herself, had us worried but nothing we could do once her mind was set.
The rain decided our dinner venue because as it started we dashed into the nearest restaurant . Caught up with Tanya and Hamish for post dinner drinks, it was lovely meeting them, hopefully we do more of that next year. Tanya looked wonderful with her baby bump and she looked so happy as she stroked her belly, made me feel good inside.
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