Hot times in the city

After I logged off this morning a woman from France came in to use the computer. The one she was on was not working so I gave her mine. Funny, she said she loved MY accent. Ha. I left DL in our room to recuperate from the train ordeal of yesterday & set out to explore (I did take her coffee - with cream & some cookies.)It was a warm day. Temperature wise I'm not sure how hot it got but I was sweating. There's a Burger King near us that has free WiFi. I love this city! The closer I got to the Royal Mile/High Street I noticed there were a lot of unusual people about. I mean they were dressed in...costumes...singing...pantomining...dancing. Then I realized the Fringe Festival started today. It's sort of an avant garde celebration of the arts. Performers have to audition to do this. The street singers were very good. I also saw a group dressed like Supermen (& a woman), a group of green...peas? Then there were the "regular" folk coming down to watch. Girls here wear the most uncomfortable looking high heels. How they don't break their necks I don't know. I walked up to Edinburgh Castle. So impressive. We'll be there Saturday night @ 2230 to watch the Edinburgh Military Tattoo with fireworks. Can't wait! My nose found a little place called Oink. Yep, they serve roast hog sandwiches. Just about that time DL texted me to say she was feeling better & was out & about. We met up & found a handsome lad juggling...in a kilt. We have pics. I still can't get this antiquated computer to load them up though. No Katie, I did not shine my shoes. So it was a late lunch at Oink. You could have the sandwich with applesauce or chili sauce; sage stuffing or haggis. Guess who went for which garnishes. The haggis was good! I'd certainly eat it again. More walking. More men in kilts - of all ages & sizes. What fun. Heard street groups playing rock, African & native American music. Good stuff! Back to the hotel to shower & blog. Most likely we'll take a bus tour of the town tomorrow. I would dearly love to see Stirling Castle & St. Andrews. I'm feeling brave. The bus station is right next to the Louis Vuitton store. I'll check about the bus service tomorrow. I almost forgot to mention DL's time with "the perv." She was down in the computer room for about an hour with a guy. Red flag - he turned his monitor away from her. So I come in after he's left. The computer he was using is frozen. I see what website he was on - "Gaydar chat room UK." No kidding. Pics of all kinds of guys, I mean all kinds. All kinds of pics too. Ewwww. Sheesh, computer etiquette 101: don't leave your porn on public use computers. Night all. Hot times in the city indeed!