103 - fri 11 aug - edinburgh

day three in edinburgh began with a visit to the mighty edinburgh castle. to get to the entrance of the castle we actually had to walk through the part of town where they have the edinburgh military tattoo, directly out front of the castle. everything was geared up and ready for the tattoo to take place, so we had to walk between the grandstands to get to the castle. the castle itself was interesting, with lots of nooks and crannies to explore. we chanced upon a demonstration by these two highlanders, dressed up in highland gear, showing off their swords and kilts.

after having lunch we went to see another show, this time a japanese mime duo whose name i'm afraid i'm not going to try and remember for fear of getting it embarrassingly wrong. they were two great guys, really charismatic and cheeky guys, who did a mixture of old-fashioned mime and magic tricks - some of which were so daggy and bordered on dad's jokes but were all pulled off with just the right amount of charm - and also some mime narrative about people falling in love, getting in to funny situations, et cetera. really great feelgood stuff.

in need of a coffee, we actually ended up at the internet cafe having dodgy lattes because in the part of town we were in, we could find plenty of pubs but not a decent cafe. then we went to see our last show for the festival, the bubbly and scottish danny bhoy. he is funny and handsome, kind of disarming and inoffensive in the same way as a wil anderson or something. his show was well-oiled but also felt spontaneous and kind of intimate despite the giant theatre setting. we've seen comedy shows in big theatres before that make you feel like you'd be better off watching it on dvd, in terms of intimacy, but not this one, it was good. a solid ending for our festival exploits, and we were happy with 4 shows in 3 days.

dinner tonight was at an industrial sized multi level indian place, because it was one of the only places still open at midnight! we headed back to camp.

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