Today was a pretty good day (but not nearly as good as yesterday). We saw Edinburgh castle, which partially inspired Hogwarts, and where they had a big party for the release of the sixth Harry Potter book. I have seen the castle before, but it is still pretty cool. After the castle, we all met up for lunch. The group is getting along together very well- good thing, there are so few of us. After lunch, we went to play laser tag (disguised as a wizard’s duel). Here are Linda and I after the fact. After the duelling, Linda and I took a Horrible History tour of Edinburgh by bus, and we learned all kinds of things, such as how Dr Jekyll and My Hyde was inspired by one of Edinburgh’s own, and how Burke and Hair (sp?) used to grave rob and murder to supply bodies to Dr Knox, a man who turned a cheek to the freshness of the bodies coming in so long as he had something to teach his medical classes with. The English and Scottish seem to have an odd sense of humor when it comes to death, gore, hostile country takeovers and bloody wars- it is all fun and games if it happened more than 50 years ago, it seems. But look around for a trash can and you are left empty handed because of their matter of fact admission of terrorists. To the Australians, they welcome them back to the scene of the crime; to the Americans, they simply shake their heads at our arrogance; to the Indians, they thank them for their tea and forget the rest. This owl is one Linda and I picked up yesterday. In the Duke’s state rooms, they hide little owls for the kids to find, probably to distract them while the parents are trying to get a look around. Linda and I thought it was a great game- look for more owl pictures to come. Speaking of owls, tomorrow we are actually handling them. I am so excited. It will be a hoot!
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I hope you both achieved your OWLs in Owl Handling today (b/c there was a test, right?) Marissa
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