Living on the High Street
So we're moving into our apartment on Tuesday! We're really looking forward to it, in large part just because it will give us more of a homebase and allow us to feel a bit more like we have our feet beneath us. From there we can start really making this home and more freely indulge in the culture and explore the festival...we did tell you there is a festival going on, right?
Edinburgh is home to one of the largest, if not THE largest, international arts/entertainment festivals in Europe, if not the world. The city's population doubles to a million people, all walking the streets going from show to show, venue to venue. It's not like a popping-balloons-with-squirt-guns-or-darts type festival though, it's more the sophisticated side of the entertainment industry: lots of theater, jazz, symphonies, comedy shows and plays...not to mention street performers everywhere you look: live statues, acrobatics groups doing routines on moving vehicles, bagpipers, jugglers/clowns, lots of merchants...you name it really, something for everyone...and it's going on for another 3 weeks!
We are loving the scenery and views of the city; also all the very kind and generous people we've met so far! At the last B&B we stayed at in Roslin, we met Louise and Derrick Turner (our hosts) who have so far been living in that location for 44 years! They were so incredibly sweet and good to us...it was a joy to sit with Louise a bit and help her get pictures off her digital camera, email them to friends, and create greeting cards with software she bought a while back...they've invited us back for a classic "Barn Supper" in January, which we're looking forward to.
Tony showed us the location he's chosen for Eikon; we'll be renting a room at the Carlton Hotel on North Bridge (for the few who might know where that is...). It's a fantastic location, we're excited about it. We'll have a private entrance right off the street, with a (coffee) bar just inside the doors and a nice gathering area for after service...our wheels never stop spinning, we just keep bouncing ideas off each other...Tony is very graciously letting us find our feet and get situated before we really dive into planning/organizing, etc. but we are still brainstorming and are really excited about Eikon and what it can be.
Edinburgh is home to one of the largest, if not THE largest, international arts/entertainment festivals in Europe, if not the world. The city's population doubles to a million people, all walking the streets going from show to show, venue to venue. It's not like a popping-balloons-with-squirt-guns-or-darts type festival though, it's more the sophisticated side of the entertainment industry: lots of theater, jazz, symphonies, comedy shows and plays...not to mention street performers everywhere you look: live statues, acrobatics groups doing routines on moving vehicles, bagpipers, jugglers/clowns, lots of merchants...you name it really, something for everyone...and it's going on for another 3 weeks!
We are loving the scenery and views of the city; also all the very kind and generous people we've met so far! At the last B&B we stayed at in Roslin, we met Louise and Derrick Turner (our hosts) who have so far been living in that location for 44 years! They were so incredibly sweet and good to us...it was a joy to sit with Louise a bit and help her get pictures off her digital camera, email them to friends, and create greeting cards with software she bought a while back...they've invited us back for a classic "Barn Supper" in January, which we're looking forward to.
Tony showed us the location he's chosen for Eikon; we'll be renting a room at the Carlton Hotel on North Bridge (for the few who might know where that is...). It's a fantastic location, we're excited about it. We'll have a private entrance right off the street, with a (coffee) bar just inside the doors and a nice gathering area for after service...our wheels never stop spinning, we just keep bouncing ideas off each other...Tony is very graciously letting us find our feet and get situated before we really dive into planning/organizing, etc. but we are still brainstorming and are really excited about Eikon and what it can be.
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