Thursday, July 4, 2002
Location: easyInternetCafe, Edinburgh
Weather: Solid cloud cover, occasional showers.

A tiring but fun day walking around Edinburgh. This morning after a typically heavy Scottish breakfast we assembled in the lobby and made our way up to the castle for a tour. We scattered a bit on the way, stopping to distribute fliers for our concert tomorrow on the way, and didn't make our way into the castle until 11. Once in, we picked up audio tours, included in our group entry. But I and several others had been to the castle before, so after an hour or so we gave up on it and headed back to the Royal Mile.

There, Susan, Craig and I had an excellent pub lunch in a charming little pub just off the Mile before I met up with Anne to walk out to the Museum of Modern Art and the Dean Gallery, which neither of us had seen on our previous trips to the city. Both museums were free, but neither was particularly large so we were able to see everything at both in the space of a couple of hours. Of the two, we both enjoyed the Dean Gallery's collection the most, which had a collection of Dadaist paintings and a visiting show of Scottish paintings on loan from the National Gallery of Scotland, which is currently under renovation.

We walked back downtown, stopping at an extremely excellent Waterstones bookstore where I somehow managed to buy four books. Since I haven't put a serious dent in the only book I brought with me from Canada yet, I can't see how I can possibly read four more before heading back, so this seems to have been an error, especially since I still have £15 in W.H. Smith gift certificates in my wallet. Doh!

Tonight we're meeting Susan and Craig again for dinner at a french restaurant, but haven't got any plans beyond that. I'm feeling like I should get some more sleep...
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