BEVERLY & NANCY DO SCOTLAND

 FRIDAY -  Oh wow, where to start? Most importantly, Anna and Jamie got here! Bev and I had booked a tour with the Viking Tartan Tours as one of our first adventures and fortunately Anna & Jamie were able to book at the last minute. An entire day with them - what could be better? And Bev kindly gave up her bed for them, what a buddy! Bless their hearts, they had worked all day, drove for several hours, and now we had to get up early to meet the tour. And we're all off to the Highlands - woo hoo! We're in a small van and there's a total of 6 of us plus our guide, Callum. He was terrific. He works sometimes as an extra in films and it was easy to see as he was a great storyteller.   I can't even begin to describe the scenery we saw. Scotland is breathtaking but this was an area that I had not gone to before and, well, just wow. As we were heading out of Edinburgh, he talked about Harry Potter and the Outlander series. He asked if there were any fans - well, no, not so...

 Lots to tell and I'm out of daylight with another early morning tomorrow. Wednesday -  So Wednesday's scheduled event was a walking tour in Edinburgh with a guide who brings his wee doggie along - Rowie! We met Callum about midday at Greyfriars Kirk (kirk is a churchyard). If you don't know the story of Greyfriar's Bobby, google it and Disney made a movie back in 1961. It's on YouTube and is so sweet - and a tearjerker! Anyway, Callum gave us a wonderful walking tour of Old Town with stories and songs. A delightful couple of hours.  People bring sticks so master & dog can play fetch in heaven. Rowie enjoyed chewing them! The tour had people from all over - U.S, Columbia, Brazil, Germany, Ukraine, France, Canada - a friendly group and we all chatted and enjoyed each other Rowie - half dachshund half Jack Russell. While he had a leash on and walked well on the tour, steps and all, mostly one of us carried him Such a little snuggle bunny! St. Giles Cathedral Bev...