Riding train back to QMU

Learning Edinbrugh's buses and trains

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August 14th 2009
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 mixtur ... read more

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