In the morning we went and bought tickets for a ghost tour tonight. Then we walked over towards Arthur’s Seat to climb the cliffs that are to the left of the volcano. Apparently the cliffs are called the Salisbury Crags. It was another good work out with a great view!
We came back to the flat for a bit and then Thao and I headed out to walk around the park in town called The Meadows because one of the guys we met in line last night before the show told us that there would be performers and artists there for the festival. When we got there we found only a few people practicing for some sort of drum show and a couple of fields of men playing cricket. So that was pretty much a flop but we still enjoyed being able to walk in the park and spend some time outside in the surprisingly sunny, warm weather. Since there wasn’t much to see in The Meadows, we wandered around in the city for a little while. We ended up coming across a small flea market type of thing going on in a street, so we did a little bit of shopping around there before we headed back to the central part of Edinburgh for a free show.
The show was called The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Romantic Conflict. We had come across the actors from the show a few nights ago because Brittany was wearing a Michigan State hoodie and the man commented on it because he is from Dearborn. So we talked to them for a little bit and they gave us the flyer for their show and we decided since we didn’t have anything else going on and it was free, that we would check it out. It was a very cute and clever show! There were only two actors (a male and female) and they each played many different roles very well by simply changing character by putting on a jacket, hat, glasses, etc. Quite talented!
After the show we came back to meet up with the rest of our flatmates to go to dinner. We came across a local pub that had an open table so we ate there. I got the All Day Big Breakfast which was a massive amount of food including: toast, eggs, bacon, baked beans, sausage, hash browns, mushrooms, and black pudding (a Scottish dish that tastes decent but mostly just like seasoning but apparently is made from sheep’s blood…).
As a whole, the meal was delicious and incredibly filling! When we were done with dinner, we went back to our flat until it was time to go and we walked over to the Royal Mile where our ghost tour was supposed to start. The tour guide wore a black hooded cape and was very dramatic. She carried around a lit candle that she held under her face as she took us to dark alleyways and streets and told us stories of “villains” and their secret lives. For the second half of the tour we walked down into the underground vaults that are supposedly haunted. It was all stone and very uneven down there and the air was stuffy and humid. Since we were the last tour of the night, we got to blow out the candles behind us as we went. Despite the creepiness of the place, the tour wasn’t really that scary. The stories that our guide told us were mostly about the ghosts that are said to haunt the various vaults and the different sightings and sensations that are often experienced. The stories weren’t very chilling and the fact that we were down there with a large group of about twenty or so people definitely made the experience less frightening. When we left the vaults, our tour was officially over and we walked back to our flat unscared but a little tired. That was the conclusion of our final night in Edinburgh.
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