Where is my castle???

Well, it appears that my clan may not be quite so important as i thought it was. We have coasters, scarves, fridge magnets and key rings, but not a book. All the important clans seem to get books, and wall crests. I did read a bit about the boy/Mac's clan and it appears he is from one of the important clans. Many hundreds of years ago the big chief from his clan came to the region where my ancestors were from and married my big chief's daughter....it doesn't make me feel dirty. Not even the slightest. I know people from the Naki who have done "it" with family from the same generation after all...

Ummm, yes, so we're in Edinburgh. Got a train from Glasgow this morning. Ireland was fantastically hot and treated us very well. Glasgow was very pleasant and sunny as well, our hostel was really nice. Edinburgh, i've pulled out both jerseys and my jacket today. And tomorrow we're heading north and into the hills for a day tour round to find that monster. If i get a photo of her i will eventually post it. Probably i will be riding it.

Feeling a bit perkier this afternoon, i think maybe because i bought a nice dress to wear in croatia and italy and eastern europe where we will be places for three or 4 nights at a time rather than living this eternal bedouin existence. Also, its a damn nice dress. But its a bit cold to wear it here. I'm a little frightened about the financial situation, it is very hard to keep the spending down with the difference between the pound and nz dollar, as they seem to be almost equivalent. or i am a dopey tourist whos getting ripped off. But who really gives a shit, i'm not likely to be back here again and on holiday for 2 and a half months again for awhile. And mostly i've been buying presents for other people....

We have almost been mistaken for australians twice today. unfortunately, the americans mistaking us for british doesn't work over here.

Lauren has left us to be an auntie. The nice hostel boy managed to switch mel so she was in our room so i gave him a cream egg.

Pretty soon we're going out to brave the cold. We're seeing the castle and a bit more of edinburgh (with the bus tour we took today as our basis on sunday). Hope this is mildly coherent. Hope you all have a nice weekend.

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