After breakfast, we took the bus into Musselbrugh to explore and buy some post cards with pictures of Musselbrugh if they exist. I also wanted to take some pictures of the Brunton Theater. Our exploration started at the theater and then we walked down high street toward the city hall and took pictures along the way. Musselbrugh is a pretty little town/suburb of Edinbrugh, population, 22,000+. It was quite impressive to see it in the daylight and without rain. A nice sunny morning. I had been told by the usher at the theater that there were some gift/card shops near city hall that had postcards of Musselbrugh. We started asking people in that area, and quickly found the shop. Then we had a pleasant conversation with the owner of the shop. She told us about getting ... read more

Today we went to see the AM show at Pilrig Studio "Native American Tales". The costumes, make up, and choreography were good but I expected more storytelling than they did so it was somewhat of a disappointment. John and I had our early lunch at Victoria's and saw the 3rd performance of Shakespeare Shattered. Then, had our late lunch/dinner at La Favoritta. Both restaurants were in the Pilrig district and were owned by brother and sister. We went back to QMU and did a much needed wash (laundry drying all over my room) and rested. In the evening, we, as a group, left on the train to go to late night performance (started at 10:55 PM) of SHOW STOPPERS. It was a good FUN show - totally improvised musical - the cast and crew did a ... read more

After breakfast we rode the bus to Pilrig Studio to see "Rosencrance and Guilenstern are Dead". Others in our group had previously told us this was a good production to see. We enjoyed it and they were right, it was a good performance. The costumes were excellent in detail considering the "Travel factor". This was a complicated play to follow but the actors, from the Meadows School in Nevada, did a good job with complicated lines. Our production of "Shakespeare Shattered" opened next. All 6 of the cast members did a good job and opened well. Only about half an audience was there but they laughed and responded. A good beginning. We tried to see "Musical of Musicals (the Musical)" next but there were not enough seats. Tickets had sold out. I hope that happens to ... read more

Today, we went in to Edinbrugh on the bus straight to St. Mary's Cathedral. It was so nice to walk down the street and be the only ones walking on the sidewalk (Sunday morning) after the crowds of yesterday. We arrived at St. Mary's an hour before the service started, so we had plenty of time to explore the beautiful Cathedral and I took lots of pictures. Then we attended the 10:30 Festival Eucharist. it was a nice service with a big procession with insence and choral/organ music. After church we had lunch at Ryans Bar. John couldn't have a beer because of "blue laws" that say alcohol can't be served before 12:30 on Sunday. But we had a good lunch anyway. Then we went to "Rachmaninov after lunch"at a recital at 100 Princess street. The ... read more

RAINED all day so we used John's umbrella and got wet anyway. I had left my umbrella behind in the rush after breakfast to make the train. What's a little rain to Northwesterners? We went to see "Shakespeare for Breakfast". Had to walk from the train to buy tickets and then to the venue. There were coissants on each chair for the audience. Performance was good - 6 college age actors - a mixture of Shakespeare scenes - audience had fun. John and I had lunch in pub called Au Bar - good food. After lunch we saw Ritter, Dene, & Voss - this play was long and we didn't enjoy it. Three actors did a good job with long speeches but plot was complicated, hard to follow and room was uncomfortable hot. We rode the ... read more