So I haven't had a chance to write in a couple of days. Things have been busy. Trying to fit lots in while Susan is here. And of course today is my birthday! Very bizarre being here on this day. I have to say it's exciting. But still strange.
Yesterday Susan and I took a double decker tour bus around the city. It was great. The older Scottish guide was hilarious. He had lots of witty bits to add to the tour. He said that JK Rowling makes 77 pounds a minute. She makes more than the Queen. But honestly what has the Queen written lately? He was great. Then we walked along the Royal Mile. I handed out flyers and tried to give away some comps to the show as we had thirty to give out. It isn't the easiest job. Some people don't want to be bothered. Others were really nice. There are so many shows and people are being accosted by so many people. Last nights show was okay. Very small house but they really enjoyed it. A waitress we met last week who is from Montreal came to see the show and she joined us for dinner. Her name is Maija and she's a film student at Concordia. She came to Edinburgh to learn English. That kills me. I really liked her especially since when she asked how old I was turning I told her to guess and she said 28. Ha. At first it was a compliment but then I realized she's ony 20 and when you're only 20 you have no idea how old anyone is. Everyone seems in their 20's. But still I'm holding on to that one.
After dinner we wanted to go on the Mary King's Close tour. It's a tour of all the old underground closes that people lived in during the Plague. But we missed the last tour so instead we did the City of the Dead tour which involved a guide taking us through the scariest parts of the city and an old graveyard filled with criminals. It was hilarious. There was a creepy guy in a floor length black leather jacket on the tour who we soon realized was part of the "act". I started calling him Klaus. He smoked a cigarello and took his job WAY too seriously. He was walking right behind us and started freaking us out. Deb and Jayne were terrified. Susan too. Okay there were a couple of times I got scared but I acted like I wasn't. We ended up in this masoleum in pitch black with twenty other people listening to ghost and poltergeist stories. Then of course Klaus jumped out and scared the shit out of everyone when we least expected it. I knew it was coming yet I still screamed like a baby. It was quite amusing and a bit cheesy.
Today was a great day. We walked up to Arthur's Seat which is at the top of a hill looking over the city. It took about an hour to get up. Deb, Luke, John, Josie, Liz, Susan and I made it all the way to the top. I couldn't believe little Josie was leading the pack. She is such a brave little girl. Adorable. The view from up there was stunning (see above photos). So breathtaking. And the wind just about blew Deb right off. We could see Jayne, Kathy and Phoebe at the bottom.
Then Susan, Kathy, John and the girls and I went on a tour of Holyrood Palace which is the Queen's residence for a month every year when she's in Scotland. Beautiful architecture inside and out. And a very informative tour. I wouldn't really have wanted the life of a royal back then. Or now for that matter. Mary Queen of Scots had a pretty rough time of it. And boy were people short back then. Although Jayne says that Mary was supposed to have been six feet tall. Not sure how she fit into those tiny beds.
Tonights show was our best yet I think in terms of numbers and response. It felt like our old show again. People got all the beats and they were vocal meaning actually making sound when they laughed. That was a relief. After dinner and drinks in the Library Bar at the Gilded Balloon Jayne, Robin, Colin, Deb, Luke, Susan and I went to an amazing show in the Spiegeltent. An Irish singer named Camille (no last name like Cher, Madonna, etc) who we saw last summer at Just For Laughs in La Cliq. She was incredible! Sexy, funny, weird, amazing voice. She is the real deal. She sang Jacque Briel, Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, David Bowie. And her band was beyond. Add to it the fact that it was in this beautiful old tent filled with smoke and people drinking. I felt like I'd gone back in time. Such a great start to my birthday.
Must get some sleep as it's been quite a day. Missing everyone.
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