After one week in England, I spent three weeks in Edinburgh and I loved every minute of it. Well, almost every minute. The only thing that I really didn’t like about Scotland was the weather. Again I rode my bike from the airport to Edinburgh and it rained the entire time. Now, when it rains in Scotland it rains hard! Thank goodness for weatherproof clothes. Thanks to my trusty collection of maps, I quickly found Edinburgh and a decent hostel to dry off in and started planning my next few weeks. I had found a guide for Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival (the world’s largest theater festival and the #1 reason for this trip in the first place) so I plotzed down on the bed and mapped out the weeks ahead. The Fringe was great in that I saw a lot of really great shows and a lot of shite (rhymes with “height”). Dances from South Africa, clowns from Venezuela, high school kids from North Carolina, street performers from all over the world, and Brits-a-plenty. Aside from the familiar (and beautiful) face of my beloved Nancy from New York whom I met up with while in Edinburgh, I had the privilege of meeting many new and wonderful people: the gorgeous Honor and Fiona from Melbourne, the strapping Jans and Oistein from Norway, the always-smiling Thomi and KK from South Africa, the good-natured Kery and Kara from Tasmania, the lovely Yvonne from England, the beer guzzling Angus from Scotland, and my fellow baseballophile, Chris from Seattle. All of whom I had a wonderful time with and will never forget. I spent most of the time in the Belford church-turned hostel but still managed to do my fair share of camping. I rode up the side of Arthur’s Seat (Edinburgh’s highest mountain) and found myself a secluded section of forest to call home for a few days. The rest of my time was filled with walking tours of the old city, as much theater as I could afford, schmoozing, and working. That’s right, working. The combination of having to buy a new bicycle and the fact that London was so darn expensive forced me to find a job as a waiter in The French Corner Bistro for a couple weeks. Good food, good folks, and good fun.
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