Monday!

We had no set schedule this morning so we decided to sleep in. Yes, we sleep as long as we wanted, well as long as Cassidy wanted, which turned out to be nine thirty. We got ready and dressed for the cloudy misty rainy day. First stop tourist information center. Cassidy stood in line to pick up the tickets for a few things while Josh and I waited out side. We were taking some photos of all the old buildings around when I got a fat lip. I know, I know, accident-prone I am. I was stepping onto a bench that happened to have a little shelter/roof thing that when I looked up it got me right on my upper lip! Man did it hurt, I thought I knocked out a front tooth, luckily not, just had a nice fat lip the rest of the day. (Hopefully it is not noticeable in the photographs!) Then off to the train station to pick up our tickets for our early morning train tomorrow for Inverness. Then like all tourist we stood in the middle of the sidewalk to determine where we were going to head. Off to the Edinburg Castle it was. We walked down the “main” tourist drag with lots of cute shops and bars. We found two cute little Christmas shops, I mean little like hardly enough room for the three of us to even been in there. This is when I decided that I could work at a Christmas shop all year long! I would be the happiest person on earth, looking at cute decorations, and listening to Christmas music constantly! New goal: find a Christmas shop in St George. Edinburg Castle was pretty cool other then the rain and I was freezing all day. We skipped out on paying like 4 pounds for an audio guide, which turned out to be okay because we found a guided tour that we hooked up with. I swear that there is like 5 different museums in that one castle. We even got to see the crown jewels of Scotland, which are the 2^nd oldest jewels in Europe. Also there was the stone of destiny, wasn’t as big as I thought it was from the movies I have seen with it in. I also gained a friend at the castle. I was posing for my picture by a wall with cannons by it and a bird flew right over my head and landed like 1 foot away. Freaked me out, all the other tourist started laughing at me and said, looks like you got an admirer. All the oriental people were taking photos. After I got over the shock of a bird almost landing on my head I tried to pet him but he wouldn’t allow it. Just starred at me all creepy stalkeryish. Now, whenever we hear a seagull they say he found you Sam, your friend he is there! (Not so funny but what do you do) After that we took the road back down and walked into a few shops. We (my brothers and I) decided it would be a good idea to have our family pictures this fall with scarfs from Scotland! So hate to ruin the surprise but we got Scottish plaid scarfs for everyone!!! We bought them at this cute little family owned/worked shop. They were the nicest people and we bought a lot from them to support them! One of the daughters said Scots are the nosiest people, we want to know everything about you, and will tell you everything about us. Well in this instant it was true, we visited with them for a long while. Very nice family for sure! Best part is everything we bought was made in Scotland and can be washed in the washing machine! We dinned for lunch at a place called Whisky. It was on this main road a little ways down, not to crowded and our little waitress girl was so nice and friendly. Again, no real food for me, just a little bit of everyone else and of course some hot chocolate to warm me up! We headed back to our hotel in order to change and rest a bit before the big event of the day. TATOO! Tatoo, is a military band performance which was wonderful. We walked with the swarms of people to find our seats. We were up high enough it was great, until we tried to sit down. There was not enough room for me in the seats my knees hit the sit back in front of me and my brothers arms came over the armrest. The couple we sat by said, “not chance of getting cold tonight!” How true, we were crammed in there like sardines, but still nonetheless a wonderful performance. I got the video camera out and was just going to video the parts that were cool, well turns out the WHOLE show was cool, even when there was a black out and the announcer was telling more about the bands or acts. There were military bands from all over the world, even one from North Carolina in the United States! Well then when it was over, out like cattle we were escorted. We found our way back to our hotel, which was very conveniently located, when we went by Joshes directions, not Cassidys. Then off to sleep have an early morning train to catch!