Driving Miss Karen

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Dinna Fash! We are in Scotland!

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We have been both more relaxed in the UK and now we are in Karen’s happy place in Scotland so things are good. Our first stop was in Edinburgh which is cool but frankly not our favorite city and we’ve been here before. However, our friends Cat and Tom visited us which made it all worth it. Cat is an Outlander fan (she actually recommended the books to Karen) and it was nice to do the hike up to Arthur’s Seat with someone else (Tom).

Edinburgh castle from our balcony
Our apartment (left) from the Castle
American prisoners from the revolution were kept in the castle prisons. On the left is one of the earliest depictions of the “Stars and Stripes” from 1780 carved by one of the prisoners

16th century Mid Hope castle was the location for Jamie’s home Lallybroch in the television series
Claire and Jamie leaving Lallybroch in winter from the television series
I had my first Guinness. Reminded me of a childhood drink from Cuba called Malta but less sweet and obviously more alcoholic
We finally saw some live folk music in the UK at Sandy’s bell in Edinburgh. So Cool!!!
The “Vaults” tour was cool but a little too ghosty for me
There was the coven room and other spooky things
They had this stone protection circle where a poltergeist dwelt. No one in the tour stepped in except for me. They say it the fear can make your hair fall out but It’s just a myth 🙂
A fairly poor panorama of Arthur’s Seat. A lava escarpment overlooking the city

Jose

AKA Alfred

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