14 August
Well, a long but pleasant road trip straight up through England and a fair portion of Scotland saw us safely to a Edinburgh last night. A soggy drizzle penetrated every layer and I really felt back in Europe again. But the City is lovely, the streetlights in the puddles give it a shimmer drier climes can only dream of and having done justice to a long-missed cotolete milanese from the local Italian, we repaired to the snug flat where the gracious Diana and Philip Deeks continue as gracious hosts to your humble chronicler. As a palliative against snake bites, we downed a couple of gin and tonics and, as no snakes have been reported in these parts for about seven hundred years, you will be reassured to know that we felt pretty safe. Certainly we slumbered all the more soundly for such precautions, so the fire alarm that went off in the wee hours when the upstairs neighbor decided to try his hand at a piece of toast left us hardly shaken at all. And kudos to the local Fire Department that showed up within minutes just to make double sure that everything was truly fine.
to the snug flat where the gracious Diana and Philip Deeks continue as gracious hosts to your humble chronicler. As a palliative against snake bites, we downed a couple of gin and tonics and, as no snakes have been reported in these parts for about seven hundred years, you will be reassured to know that we felt pretty safe. Certainly we slumbered all the more soundly for such precautions, so the fire alarm that went off in the wee hours when the upstairs neighbor decided to try his hand at a piece of toast left us hardly shaken at all. And kudos to the local Fire Department that showed up within minutes just to make double sure that everything was truly fine.
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