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Two Days Alpha Minus

Early Friday morning we left our hotel for the airport. So long Edinburgh Native hotel We had planed two days in Dublin, starting with a short morning flight from Edinburgh.  And wouldn’t you know it, the sun came out. Sun…

Sunshine on Leith

Seriously: The sun came out.  I mean not for long, not all day, but still.  No wonder it inspired The Proclaimers. We decided to make it a non-museum get our steps in final day in Edinburgh; we walked the Waters…

Broken Owl & Wall of Gingers

It drizzled, then it rained, then it pounded; it was June, it was Scotland. It baffled me that thousands of tourists, post-C19, had wilfully chosen Edinburgh for a vacation this summer.  But they had, us among them.   Not a…

Gardyloo

Despite the two hour time change, we both got a good sleep.  We woke up to Edinburgh summer: Freezing.  The sun was poking out but the wind was swift and unrelenting.  Our efficiency suite has a small bedroom, but nicely…

So Long Swish Chalet

We parted ways with how the other half live and rejoined our tribe: In economy class, sardined inside funnel tubes that aren’t far removed from the Central Services supply ducts of Gilliam’s Brazil.   From the seashore looking up, from…

A Finished End

Stephen discovered a Milos travel guide on his iPad.  On our last day!  Some good that does us.  Interesting to note, I guess, that the island has been inhabited from around 2300 BC. After yet another top-heavy breakfast we went…

Jim Goes in for a Closer Look

Anyone remember Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom?  Marlin Perkins stayed well back and would say things like “watch Jim as he approaches that lion.”  And Jim Fowler would do something theoretically dangerous.  Today I could have taken Marlin’s job.  …

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