I have felt very "at home" on Scottish soil. I love Edinbugh; just had to block out the road works...detours everywhere. The veiw from our hotel: Edinburgh Castle at sunset.

This is the stunningly beautiful St. Giles Church in Edinburgh.

Our hotel was on Princess Street, a boulevard of shopping, shopping, shopping.....but so crowded on the Saturday. People come to town for big, trendy shopping over the weekend. The touristy shopping is on the "Royal Mile"....so we toured that too.

We've all seen musicians on the street, guitarists, singers, sax players, etc.... In Scotland you find

Pipers....we saw several, like this guy (Clan Ferguson) just trying

to keep it all together. He had a horrible cold! but kept on with it. He plays pretty well. Looked like he was about 17.