Driving with the kids isn't half bad because for the most part they are good travellers with few complaints besides a brother or sister getting to close to them. With this in mind we were happy to reach our hotel and just chill for a night, luckily there was a little pasta place across the street for some take out so we didn't have to travel far. Good thing it was pasta, because some of us were wanting a few extra carbs in our diet. Mike flew into Edinburgh that night because he couldn't get out of work until his big inspection was done. So after passing with flying colours because he is awesome--he flew out to meet us for our weekend adventure!
Saturday we didn't want to spend a huge amount of time on our feet--just enough to keep those muscles loose. We walked around in Edinburgh and needed to go to the Edinburgh Marathon Festival headquarters for Grandma to pick up her number for the big race the next day. Because I live in the UK I was able to have mine shipped to me prior to getting there, so that was good.
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Carter somehow got snagged as a willing participant in one of the many street shows that happen while you are in Edinburgh. The guy was funny, but the show was so much longer than we expected--so that was annoying. However, Carter enjoyed himself and was the star of the show--something Carter also enjoys.
We had plans to go through Edinburgh Castle as well, but we spent more time walking around than we thought we would and wanted to get back to the hotel for some rest. We got there as they were doing a changing of the front guards, so that was neat and then the kids somehow convinced us that ice cream was needed as well. Let's be honest, it doesn't take much to convince Hollie that ice cream is needed. In this case we had to face into the wind to eat our ice cream, because it was just the beginning of what was going to be a very windy weekend!
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I really can't get over all the cool places you live near. I must find a way to come visit...especially while Tyson is still there.
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