So this place is full of people coming and going trying to make the best of their time here.

 

There is, as you know, an international festival. The most important event (and therefore the most expensive..and by now impossible to attend if you didn't buy the tickets a century ago) is the Tattoo, which is a kind of exhibition of military marches (The truth is that I am not the best person to explain it, since I have never seen it.)

 

There is also a ... let's call it secondary festival that surrounds the official one. It's called the Fringe Festival. There are theatre plays, music, films and all kinds of art expressions from new or unknown artists. Apart from what I've seen in the streets (street performers and short bits of what you can see in theatres) I've seen a couple of plays: Lady Chatterley's Lover and Have a Nice Life. The fisrt one is an adaptation of one of D.H. Lawrence's novel, set in the 80s (the play, not the novel). The second is a musical comedy. I enjoyed both and, as I discovered the half price ticket office and that you can get free tickets if you are patient, I think I'll see many more.

 

You can't imagine what a great time I'm having here!!!!

Hello!!!!!!

 

Here I am in foggy Edinburgh. This city is so beautiful! And with all the festival celebrations, street performances and the entertainment offers everywhere it's imposible to get bored.

 

For next year your homework will be: Come to Edinburgh (If the teacher says, you have to do it)

 

By the way, the weather has been quite nice until today...But even when it's foggy or rainy I don't miss Spain's weather much, really. It only makes the city look more charming.

 

 

As I told you, by mid August I am travelling to Edinburgh and I had the intention to use this as a real blog, telling you about the things I see, the people I meet there, etc. OK the adventure has begun and I haven't even taken off.

 

Last Thursday when I heard about London airports being in a mess I thought 'oh well, never mind, by Sunday everything will be allright'. And I was right, because all flights from Spain to London are already working. But...

 

MY FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO EDINBURGH HAS BEEN CANCELLED!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Right now I don't know what to do: Look for accomodation in London and try to go there by other means; try to find the other means right now (buses take ages and trains are just as expensive as flights).

 

So, now is time to panic: AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

UPDATE:

 It seems that my flight hasn't been cancelled. The Spanish website wasn't updated and they said there wouldn't be flights. But the British one says that they will be back to normal tomorrow...Hurrray!!!!!

 

However, the panic was controlled as a friend from London offered accomodation and another from Edinburgh helped me with the info about other means of transport. Haven't I got lovely friends out there!?