Friday was my parent's last evening in Edinburgh, and we had a lovely dinner with the Lad and his parents. Appropriately, we had a very "posh Scottish" meal at Angels with Bagpipes on the Royal Mile. It was all around a great food, great drink, great company kind of evening.
Yes, it was sad to say goodbye to the folks, but they had a wonderful trip over! We did a lot of seeing (new things for me too!), a little Wimbledon watching, and some good eating. We even took two days to get out of the big city, which was great. We had a gorgeous day in St. Andrews to celebrate Father's Day on the Old Course. For those who only know this as the place where Wills and Kate met - wrong! It is called the "Home of Golf" because, far before the Duke and Duchess, the playing of the game goes back to 1552. If you want to go back even farther, this small town on the coast also has gorgeous cathedral ruins dating from the 1100's. On Sunday's you can walk the Old Course, and Dad and I also "played a round" on the putting course. Needless to say, it was a slam-dunk Father's Day. The photos to prove it !! We also made it to a small village by the sea, North Berwick, and Hunley made this journey!
The weekend ended with another exciting adventure - Kings of Leon concert at Murrayfield (Rugby stadium)!! The rain held off, it was warm enough for short sleeves, and we enjoyed the amazing concert by standing on the "pitch" (field). I know that they have become superstar popular, and they may be less "hip" than they used to be, but I loved the concert. 27 songs and 40,000 CRAZY fans - check off, my first European arena experience! One of the best parts was when, to my complete surprise, I discovered that the opening band was Zac Brown Band. The Lad wishes he had a video of my face when the usher told us - pure shock and joy! Ohhhhh, how my Georgia, country soul was very filled!
That is all for now! Look out for Hunley's first post and flat photos by the weekend...
I can imagine the excitement about the ZBB! LOVE IT! Sounds like such a wonderful time with the parents too. CAn't wait for "Hunley's post" and the pictures of the flat!!! Let's video gchat this week! LOVE YOU!
ReplyDeleteLove the thumbs up pic..you KNOW those are my favorite. so hilarious. um... more pics please??!!? lad, george, flat, YOU!!
ReplyDeletelove you and am very proud of you. PS i think my first breakdown in Italy was during a shopping trip too. More will come. Just embrace them and keep on keeping on.
Love you.