We Interrupt My Sleep to Bring You This Post

Two Fifteen AM wide awake.  Cathy, who made no attempt to sleep on the plane on the way over fell asleep on the couch about six and I trust will sleep through the night (she did make it to the bedroom  at some point and is no longer on the couch).  Since we didn't have dinner last night before crashing (except for Gin and Tonics, bread and olives and cheese), I'm snacking on some food stuffs we picked up at the market - an apple, a tomato, picking away at a roast chicken, and a tea cake from a box of cakes left us by our hostess.

Walking.  Okay, I don't know the rules of the road here.  The painted markings I don't understand.  I understand in my mind they drive on the left side of the road, but with fifty five years of internalized right side of the road driving it is difficult to turn off my automatic pedestrian habits.  I did cut across streets a couple of times only to realize there were cars coming from the "wrong" way.  Fortunately controlled crossings are located at regular intervals, so as long as we obey the WAIT signs and not try to take matters into our own hands we should be safe and fine.

Apartment tidbit of the day.  The apt block we're in was built in the late 19th c.  From the street you see a solid wall of masonry with small doors and certain intervals that are the main entrances.  Certainly not the prominent entries into apartments that we planners are so insistent upon in new projects.  Once inside this little door, there is a dark.  A little quirk we don't see in our every day life. 

Hibernian Football Club is the local team whose stadium we walked by yesterday.  Their color is green.  Not sure who they were playing, but we observed  the regalia of the visiting fans was orange.  We did come across fans later in the day following the match.  Judging by their unexpressive faces, whether orange or green, all I can conclude was the match ended in a tie.  Probably nil-nil.

Monday's main attraction will be Edinburgh Castle.  Stay tuned.  For now I'm going to have another bite of chicken and see if I can get back to sleep.

Brilliant.