Luke, being an early riser, took an earlier bus in than Chris and I and we arranged to meet later in our new ‘meeting spot’ We lazily got ready and pulled on jumpers and warm gear for our day out. We met Luke at the designated spot and then Dell for a cuppa before he had to start work, we arranged to meet later that night for a drink and meal.

Luke, Chris and I spent the day walking about in the constant rain, getting wet and having to dodge umbrellas, Chris at one stage was poked in the head quite hard by an umbrella spoke, and cried out “OW” to which the girls giggled and said “sorry” as if it was a great game they were playing, that really got me, and at one stage I moved just in time before being struck in the eye, when I called out “Watch the eyes!!” the old woman just gave me a filthy look. This is not the Edinburgh we fell in love with yesterday let me tell you!

We thought long and hard of sight seeing but decided in the end to leave it for today. A) It was raining to hard B) you couldn’t see anything with the cloud and mist and C) there were people EVERYwhere doing the same thing, so we gave it a miss and went shopping for a few items that were needed and then onto a comedy club for lunch, where for a really good price you could get 2 meals (that were really yummy) a cheap ticket to see a performance and a beer, and on top of all that, it was a really nice pub with a nice atmosphere, so, we settled in here and waited for the next comedy act to start. We didn’t mind waiting, it was out of the rain and in a nice place.

The show began and sadly, I don’t remember his name, but the comedian was a very entertaining singer/song writer. He played for an hour or so and sang songs that had people laughing and looking at one another in an amused way. He stayed on stage for an hour or so and was cheered loudly at the end!

After this we made our way in search for the next venue that was selling tickets to a show Chris and I wanted to see called “One man Lord of the Rings” It sounds bizarre and odd I know, but it was actually really really good and quite funny. It was, just as the title suggests, a one man performance of LOTR. The actor was brilliant doing all the impersonations and dialogue, he did all the parts that we know and love and covered what would normally take to watch in 9-12 hours in 90 minutes. He was very good.

After this we went and caught up with Luke and Dell who had decided not to come along to this event and instead have a few drinks at the pub. As it was getting late now we head to Dells car and back to the camp site, arranging to meet tomorrow morning to head off on our Scottish highland road trip!

written by  Chris and Emily on August 14, 2009 from Edinburgh, United Kingdom
from the travel blog: Europe 2009
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nice article

written by  hacker on September 4, 2009

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