Fireworks!

We had learned from a street vendor that today was the last day of the Edinburgh International Festival (another reason to love this city) which meant that there would be fireworks launching from the castle tonight. (Fireworks!!) So of course after we made our way back to the apartment, had dinner, and started settling in for the night, we forgot all about them. That is, until Candy heard them start. I was already in my PJ's, but I grabbed a sweater and we followed her out the door. We had to trek down a few blocks before we caught a glimpse of them. We watched for a few minutes and then they suddenly stopped. Candy wasn't convinced they were over, so we continued on, just to see if there was a better view beyond the next building. Then we heard them start again...and we did get that (slightly) better view. It was so odd to us that there would be 5 or 10 minute breaks between clusters of fireworks. When we thought that we must have seen the finale, we started back to the apartment (me in my PJ's), but as we were walking we heard even more fireworks...and then a few more.  I think I was almost asleep back at the apartment when we heard the last of them.  It was a great nighttime stroll!

Prepping for fireworks at the castle

(The next morning we saw in the paper that there was a concert that went along with the fireworks, which explained the odd timing)

~Sara