Farewell Edinburgh! 8/11/15

We left the museum and strolled through Edinburgh as we made our way to the Meadows, the park where we had taken Shep most often to play.

On the way, we passed the statue of Greyfriar's Bobby. Check out an earlier post 

http://boundforscotland.blogspot.com/2015_04_01_archive.html   for the history of this endearing monument.  I just had to document with this photo that I was there, live and in person!

Here we are on a section of the campus of the University
of Edinburgh. The campus of the UE does not resemble
university layout here in the U.S. Instead, its campus
is scattered throughout the city. So if you want to
visit the campus of the UE, be prepared to do some
traveling.

Bob & I tagged along and got
in some vigorous walking.

I took this picture to give you
and idea of the types of
buildings characteristic of
Edinburgh. Some of these
buildings have been here for
centuries! 

  After a brisk and interesting walk from the museum through Edinburgh we arrived at the Meadows, where we were to meet Maridith. She was to have stopped on her way back from the computer store to buy some eats and then meet us at the park. We were to connect via their cell phones. This was one time when the cell phones would have come in really handy, but alas Bobby's battery was low and he couldn't connect with Maridith.  The park was quite crowded so locating her was a bit complicated.

   Therefore, I set out to find her and by the grace of God I did. Fortunately, she had only been waiting about 10 minutes when Shep and I located her. I deposited Shep and walked back to the snack center where the guys were to direct them to Maridith. 

   The sweet and sour chicken and a noodle dish she had brought was delicious and took the edge off our hunger. This was only suppose to be a snack, so the guys set out to go and rustle us up some supper. But wouldn't you know it, it started sprinkling (common Scottish happening). We decided since the snacks held us over, we would go on back to the apartment. 

   We found this quaint little bookstore near where we were to hail the cab and rummaged around in it for awhile. Finally, we got serious about getting a cab and returned to the apartment. We made our plans for the next day's travel, and the guys went to the grocery store for the food we would need for traveling. Supper consisted of eating whatever was left in the cabinets and refrigerator. 

   The next day held great promise. Maridith and Bobby's plans were to surprise us by taking us to a place that Bob & I knew not of but would exceed our expectations! AND, they were right on!