Edinburgh: week 4

So this was the final week in Edinburgh. The week were you run around like crazy trying to see everything you possibly can and buy as many gifts for people as you can still afford.  Train trips to Sterling Castle one day , Blackness Castle/ Linlithgow Palace and finally out to North Berwick to go swimming in the North Sea. It was also the week to see the last couple of performances that you could catch before the festival is over (there are over 1,000 different performances over the month!!!).  So I went to see the Aska Japanese drum troupe, The Soweto Gospel Choir from South Africa, a Brazilian dance company and finally an incredible sound installation by Ray Lee [UK] called Siren. This week was a time to be happy to return to our loved ones, even if only for one day, and a time to be sad as we said goodbye to some truly amazing people.
Week 4 was also the week to do all the things that had become a part of our everyday lives..... one last trip to The Mussel Inn, another pint of Belhavens Best and one last all nighter with our international group of cronies.
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival was truly one of the most amazing trips of my life and I only hope I will get to return some day.
Now off to Seattle.