I woke up after a delightful sleep (for once, the room wasn’t too hot) to a lovely shower in a full-sized bathtub. Then, it was downstairs for our third free meal of the entire trip. The hostess laid on a nice, varied cold breakfast, including toast, various jams, six kinds of cereal, four kinds of fruit, tea, and coffee. I just had toast, mainly because I wanted something to put my Nutella on. At 10:00, our Edinburgh guide arrived. Just as he was starting his talk, a loud, piercing buzzer shrilled and all the doors slammed shut! No, it was not a trap. Apparently, the hostel has a fire drill every Tuesday at ten. I noticed last night that every door has a sticker saying, “Fire door -keep shut,” there are fire extinguishers everywhere, and there
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