LFMSS Celtic Tour 2018

There's Pittsburgh.  And there's Edinburgh.  But they don't rhyme.  One has a great hockey team, and one is pronounced properly. We're in the one that is pronounced properly.  Stops of historical significance on this day included the Edinburgh castle, the entire Royal Mile, the peak of Arthur's Seat, and a ghost tour for which the waiver included "not responsible if you are punched by a ghost or by the tour guide".  'Twas a grrrraaannnnd day, lads and lassies! Abby shows her strength and opens the door with just one hand. There's nothing in there.... Or is there? Where did this weirdo come from?  Is that an Edinburgh hat? And he's gone.  Weird kid. Professor Johnson on the Edinburgh Castle's glorious history. Oh oh, here comes security to move Mr. Johnson along (on the left). Inside the tiny St. Margaret's chapel at the castle.  James thinks the guy on the bottom looks like me. There I am, wor

Leaving Vancouver at 10 AM, and arriving in Glasgow at 9:00 AM the next day, and then touring Edinburgh for the majority of the day... that's a long day.  The kids were great, and now it's about quarter to 9, their stomachs are full of gourmet mash and sticky toffee, and as far as I can hear nobody is awake in the hostel.  We're staying in the this 200 year old building, and we have the entire hostel to ourselves for 3 days.  The kids can be as noisy as they want!  But right now... no sounds except birds chirping outside.  The sun is still shining outside (very long summer days here in Scotland), and this one has been unusually warm - with temperatures near 30 C the natives are melting. Mr. Johnson lived and worked in Edinburgh for a year, and he deftly guided us through an orientation to the city, filling us in with stories of hangings and half-hangings, loyal terriers and disloyal covenanters, pub ghosts and cemetery poltergeists; he made sure we had our fill of "st