11 Moray Place Edinburgh

... without it but I guess a lot of people will have lots of memories of their time there.
I had thought of going to Raith Rovers game but changed my mind the day before traveling - good job I did - the Raith match was cancelled!

Anyway - enjoyed the game. Ended 2-0 to Alloa who now move into the promotion contention in Scottish League two.

... the cold again, wondering where the hell this next bus is cos it wasn't on the schedule, and some random bus pulls up. Lovely old Stagecoach, joy. Getting on, the driver's moaning about how **** it was, and we're just like oh well it'll get us there right?

"We'll see.." .. highly reassuring, mate.

No issues though, and then around 11am we pull into Edinburgh! Finally got to see the Forth Bridge, and then seeing ...

Today, I was planning to go to the youth hostel at the castle, but the Land Rover had other plans!!!

Oh dear, game over! I popped out to start the Land Rover this morning at around 9am and the engine was smoking like a trooper and sounding a lot worse than it normally does. I called the AA at around 10:00 and they turned up at at around 10:45 from a local garage. He told me that the engine is fairly terminal (piston problem ...

... for me (not to mention that she looks like a vampire.) But, in between numbers she drives me nuts! She runs around the stage making all kinds of weird faces and weird comments. She literally seems like a vampire on crack!

Castle Rocks Breakdance Championship – Breakdancers from all over the world
Dave: 4/5. Pretty cool!
Keli:3/5. Some pretty good dancers, but unfortunately, coming from Los Angeles, which is really strong in breakdancing, I ...

... and so friendly. And the breakfast!! Awesome. Full cooked Scottish breakfast. Unfortunately due to our early starts we only got to enjoy it one day, but the other days they left out fruit and cereal for us and provided crossaints and buns for our lunch.

So, after we had settled we caught the bus into town and found our way to the Fringe venue where we were seeing Janeane Garofalo that night so we could collect our tickets. We then went to dinner ...

... directly across from the Royal Residence of Edinburgh hardly seems coincidental either, underlining the building's devolutionary declaration. Inside, the parliament made efforts to redeem itself with a technology-laden debating chamber and a (decidedly biased) display of Scottish history. We opted for the Royal Mile over Arthur's Seat and trudged uphill in the direction of the Museum of Scotland. Along the way, Annie pointed us to an economist's pilgrimage destination ...

VIERNES 15 AGOSTO 2008 El viaje empezo a las 9 de la manana en la estacion de trenes de Leeds. Llegue por los pelos a coger mi tren (siempre viviendo al limite). Me toco sentarme con dos chicas de Wakefield que iban a ver algunos shows en Edinburgo - no sabia yo que en Wakefield eran tan culturillas. A mitad de camino, se sento con nosotras un chico muy mono de Venecia llamado Mauro, que como buen ...

... or I definitely would have freaked out. The guide was telling us about all the terrible things that had happened to tour groups in the past, when a guy dressed all in black with a creepy mask on jumped out and scared the bejesus out of all of us. And, because I'd lost my voice that day, I couldn't even scream. I just stood there with my mouth open looking stupid. It was fun, but afterwards me Solei and Sophie had to go for a drink to calm ...

... from where we were to Edinburg AND stop at a roman fort on Hadrian's wall. By the time we got there, everyone was shellshocked and giggly, so most of my pictures there are ridiculous (People posing as roman statues, climbing in silly ways on the walls, whatever) I did manage to get a few serious pictures, but it was difficult. We are spending at least one more night in Edinburg after this, so maybe my laundry ...

... which is a beautiful area in a national park. There is an old medieval town that is now mostly ruined. From the pictures you may recognize another of the round towers here, as well as an old cemetery. This park also contains the location of St. Kevin's Cell, where the monk secluded himself in the wilderness. Our guide told us that we would have a short walk in this park and that we would mostly be under the cover ...