First of all my wonderful wife had a birthday. Guess who made the cake? (It was his first ever!)
One thing we alway intended to see but never got around to was the Scott Monument. This is an amazing gothic monument right in the heart of the city. The view from the top was amazing, but the stairs were a bit narrow.
August is festival season in Edinburgh. The number of people in the city has more than doubled. Everywhere there are street performers and theater acts. I even got called out of the audience during a fire juggler's performance. He handed me one of his flaming torches and wanted me to mimic his actions. First he held the torch in the air and so did I. Then he held it above his head and so did I. Then his gag was revealed. He rubbed the flame on his arm and .... so did I, while getting a look of utter disbelieve. The audience seem to get a kick out of his gag being defeated. Guess he hadn't ever meet a redneck who has been camping most his live and isn't really afraid of fire. Just wish I had a picture. (For the record - I went camping most of my childhood too, and I never rubbed fire on myself!)
Finally we went to the famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo. This was an amazing gathering of military bands from around the world. It is hard to describe this utterly amazing show, so I won't. The best I can do is let you see it for yourself.
Not sure if we will get much blogging in before our return. Hope to see you all soon. If you want we will even show you a few pictures. We only have 5000.
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