Sue G weighs in

Well, I have no idea what Susan just wrote, but as you can see we're resting comfortably just steps from the Royal Mile. I'm a little jet-lagged (nothing I can't handle) so so far I've only done the Royal One-EIghth-of-a-Mile. Other activities: mastering the local language (i.e., when you didn't understand what the other person just said, the proper response is "Eh?"), seeing the monument to Sir Walter Scott (for those of you from Baltimore reading this, there's a replica of it in Greenmount Cemetery), and of course trying to figure out how many clients are served by the Edinburgh Centre for Elderly Chinese, which is a short distance from our hotel. And now, if you'll excuse us, we've got an exciting day planned tomorrow which includes the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

Sue C's reply:
I'm so tired I can barely stand. It's 4:40 pm in Massachussets, 9:30 here, and I've slept very little since Wednesday night. Walked all over Old Edinburgh's cobblestones, and now my legs are sore, but believe me, not sore enough to keep me awake.
Edinburgh has that grey-stone classic look from all the pictures and movies, but it's more modern and diverse than I expected. I guess film-makers take down the neon signs advertising Nepalese restaurants and safe-sex emporiums when they make films.