10 days to go!

I realized this morning we have 10 more days in Edinburgh. We have been here 47 days which sounds crazy long when you say it like that but it has gone by in a flash. M & I were having fun on our own, but we have been happy to have some more company.

On Tuesday morning I went to the airport to pick up our friend, let's call her A. She is the daughter of a friend and is 13 years old. M is very glad to have someone closer to her own age to hang out with.

Day one was a wee bit rough for her. Jet lag can be a beast. But she was pretty excited and managed to power through. She brought us fun gifts from the US. Coffee and NICE SOFT toilet paper, which I cannot find here.

She also brought M a cat's cradle book, who knew a piece of string could bring hours of enjoyment.

Here they are on top of the climbing rock in the playground. 

 In front of Grey Fryer's Kirk, we went in to find out the real story of the wee doggie. 

 The statue of Bobby, the dog. He was very devoted to his owner. 

Even after the owner died. 

We popped into the museum, while M was hugging rocks, 

poor A was fading and about to fall asleep standing up. 

 We managed a walk home and stopped at the Pavilion for a bite on the way. 

 Finally the sky got blue! 

 A mug of Tea! 

We headed home after our snacks, played, ate dinner and all had a good night of sleep. 

We got a slow start yesterday, but we managed to get out the door 

and head to Gorgie City Farm. It was a good way to get out the door 

but only took up about an hour. Fortunately it was a fun bus ride over there.  

 They liked the chickens, except if you get too close they are pretty smelly. 

Driving a tractor. 

Cool mural. 

Then we hopped back on the bus and headed up to Princes Street,

 so A could see the main drag of town, 

Edinburgh Castle! And the sun is out! 

The Wheel is up for the Festival. M wanted to go on it but A is too afraid of heights.

M and her dad will have to check it out soon. 

 

Piggybacks in the Garden. 

On A's list of things she wanted to do was check out the University of Edinburgh. It is spread out all over the city and many of the newer buildings just are not that interesting. However we were walking past the oldest and prettiest part of the University so we popped in to see it. 

A shielding her eyes from the searing Scottish sun. 

Today the sun is out and we have plans to walk Arthur's Seat and go check out the Palace. 

Hope you are out enjoying these last ays of summer vacation.