So, we're at the Edinburgh Festival. It is amazing! The atmosphere is incredible and there is so much to see and do. I've never experienced anything quite like it. I love Edinburgh, it really is one of the friendliest and exciting places I've ever been to.
Ruby and I spent most of the afternoon wandering around the streets soaking it all in, watching the performers, collecting flyers and trying to decide what we might go and see.
We eventually made it up to the Assembly Rooms where we booked to go and see a play called "One Small Step" it was a play by two young guys who basically told the story of the 12 years of the space race in just under an hour. They mixed seamlessly between playing Russian Commanders and NASA scientists. They used props in such a fun and inventive way you couldn't help but get sucked in by it all. At one point they had a Thermos flask hovering over a beach ball while the cap to the flask slowly rotated into place to dock with the mother ship over the moon's surface. An amazing piece of theatre, beautifully played and very funny. Well done guys.
Then, after dinner at the Grain Store (beautiful Scottish restaurant) we headed over to see Faure Requiem by Candlelight at the Old Saint Paul's Church. The atmosphere was beautiful, the whole church was lit by hundreds and hundreds of candles and tea lights. The choir were superb and the 9 piece orchestra really made it extra special.
All in all a great start to the Festival.
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