May 28 - Edinburgh Scotland

We took the bus to the National Museum of Scotland, and it was very cool... lots of interesting exhibits from all cultures through history.

When we came out it was raining, and our bus stop was closed... sign said, so we went up the hill to Forrest Rd bus stop,

just missed the bus wait 10 minutes for the next one, so i looked at the menu for Katmandu Restaurant there, then walked up a couple doors here is Sandy Bells, the most famous folk music pub in Scotland... we will have to come back tonight for M get her single malt scotch and hear the music...

And we did, there was no place to sit, well there was one empty seat next to 3 people sitting there, so i asked if we could sit there, and found a stool to pull up, they said sure... so for the next 2 hours we had a delightful visit with Robert (of Edinburg), Karen his wf (of England), and Yves (of Brittany, France)...

and we heard the Irish folk music which is a rotating group of players no not for money do they do this... and Yves is a musician of Celtic music so he pulled out his pipe and played along some of the times, he said he was building up his courage to play with the main group tomorrow night... Robert explained how after the war (WW II) Sandy Bells was the place that brought Scottish Folk music back it is world famous as the finest place in all of Scotland for folk music, and of course their extensive scotch and whiskey offerings... and scotch beers tho they said nothing compares to Guinness so we played it safe with those foam topped pints.

Well the scotch was good (i had a pint of guiness and bought a round) so... how could i say no when Robert offered... M enjoyed nursing her dram (35 ml)

for a hour or so with a pitcher of water and 2 glasses of ice water... and the pics and video don't do justice to the atmosphere but it was grand

and it stays light until 10:00 pm up here (gets light about 4:00 am) so right at dusk 10:15 we went out walked down 2 doors and caught the 35 bus back to the apartment. Asked for a recommendation what to see Robert said the National Portrait Gallery which is in a palace so that will be our agenda for tomorrow !