In the morning we took a break from the festival and headed along the River Firth to a place called Culross. It's a small Scottish village saved from rack and ruin by the National Trust of Scotland and is now a popular place on the tourist trail. The buildings in the village are quite something and feel more like a Mediterranean fishing village than a place only a few miles from Edinburgh. We enjoyed our walk round and had lunch in the local pub. t was strange not to see a selection of typical Sunday roasts at the pub, I am so used to that being the norm down here in England. It was a lovely lunch though.
Then in the afternoon we went into the city again to meet a friend of Rubys for a coffee which was lovely. We then went into the excitement that is the Fringe once more. This beautiful lady was one of a number of Japanese people dressed up. They all looked stunning and were happy to pose for photos.
In the evening we went to see Brahms - The Two Piano Concerti at Greyfriars Kirk. It was wonderful and even though it was not something I would have necessarily picked out as something I would have wanted to see it was excellent and I really enjoyed it. However, Ruby and I nearly committed a cultural faux paus by putting out coats on at the point we thought it had finished ready to go only to find out it was the intermission and there was another concerto coming up. Hopefully not too many people noticed :)
Then it was back to Rubys for a late night supper of Port, cheese, crackers and chocolate...lovely :)
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