blown away!
kelly and i spent the afternoon in edinburgh yesterday, navigating around the rather scary hoardes of thespians who had spilled in to the royal mile for the annual month-long Fringe Festival of theater and the arts. we had intended to check out the castle atop the hill, a stunning site (and sight!) and full of the old bricks and stones that i just love about europe, but we decided that the queue for tickets was too long and ended up goofing off in the castle gift shop instead. the pics are proof. when we took the train back home to dundee, we grabbed a great big heap of grease known as a fish dinner (fish and chips to you and me), and wandered over to the pub with tom. good times and crazy stories ensued.
i woke to a beautiful but blustery day today, with the intention of doing nothing but leisurely being blown about Broughty Ferry (kelly and tom's neighborhood on the water, also known as The Ferry). while the sky was bluer than i had seen it all week, i could tell the winds were really whipping as i saw seagulls and crows tumbling in the sky. after a little french toast brunch (they finally let me cook for them!) we lazed around a bit before i set out. despite the bright day, or perhaps despite me, scotland found it necessary to open the skies up just enough with rain when i was just far enough to make turning back around to get my umbrella not worth it. by the time i got my windbreaker on, it had stopped, and i pulled out my sunglasses. i wandered the shops and remarked to myself the scottishness of it all. i'm back at the flat, secretly betting which pieces of the neighbor's laundry will stay on the line to dry, and which will be lifted out to the sea... what a lazy, relaxing way to finish up my time here in the ferry, before i head back to ireland tomorrow to tear things up with grace in dublin and beyond.
current mood: blustery