Inside the Advocate

When we first arrived inside the pub was rather empty, but by the end of the night as more Edinburgh diners discovered no food elsewhere, The Advocate started to get rowdy. I heard the proprietress telling another large table of diners that their food selection was limited, but somehow 20 minutes later large heaping platters of grub were coming out to their table. It's beautiful how people come together and adjust during a Winter disaster.

Day Three - No S. Sherlock, We're the NoGoHolmesies

December 26th 2009
Everybody got a break yesterday when we got to sleep in. Today we were up earlier, but not by much. We met in my room for breakfast at 9:00. We wanted to get to the Vue Cinema early because we were anticipating big crowds for the highly publicized, sure-thing blockbuster movie "Sherlock Holmes". Not only was this a movie about a British hero and written by a local Edinburgh lad, but based on ... read more

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