Edinburgh

After a leisurely start,  we caught the train to Edinburgh.  We wandered around a bit then took a tour on one of those hop on hop off buses but only hopped twice. It was a good overview of Edinburgh. Noel had never been before but I had spent 1 week there in 2010.  After lunch in Newtown we walked up the hill, stopping to watch some pre festival street theatre, to St Giles Cathedral. We enjoyed wandering around it. Yesterday we happened upon an organ recital,  today it was an excellent brass quintet performing in the cathedral.

I have a new camera which I did not spend enough time learning how to use before I came.  It was annoying me today. Plenty of time for practise over the next few weeks. I am also very frustrated that when I transfer photos from my camera to my tablet, they end up in a jumbled order. I do not remember this being a problem a year ago.  Changing technology and aging brains are not a good mix.

Noel and I have become accustomed to sometimes doing the puzzle in the australian on weekdays that has 10 multiple choice questions. We  usually have to guess about 3/4 of the questions , those about modern popular music, modern tv sit coms,  etc etc. Last week there was a question asking what was the name of a model of the solar system. We did not know , and as is usual, our guess was wrong. The answer is an orrery. Lo and behold,  we came across one in the Kelvingrove Museum.