Made it!

Hey All!

Thanks for your patience! So sorry I didn't update the day we left...I spent the day in the emergency room because my tonsils were swollen and my ears felt clogged. When the Dr. flushed out my left ear, the water went right through it and out my nose! So I had a perforated ear drum just in time for traveling! Thankfully, I was given antibiotics, pain meds (including narcotics...I slept well on the place) and ear drops and will be good as new or good as can be in terms of performing.

We got through the traveling phase with what I would describe as "grace." It's not easy traveling for 21 hours in a group, but we slept (or tried) and ate (or tried to) on the place and got through lay overs by sleeping at eating.

Getting into the city yesterday was magical. It felt like we were embracing an old friend. We had all been here for a short period (a day) two years ago while studying abroad. It feels good to settle into the University housing we're using. It's a small apartment with kitchen and living room. We each have our own bedroom and actually took time yesterday to unpack and get settled. It will actually feel like we're all living in Edinburgh for ten days.

We ate at a pub last night and had our pints. So British and so perfect. Some of us went to a show called Dealer's Choice. An hour-long comedy. Fun. We enjoyed it. The people in the show were out busking (convincing people to see their show) when we were on our way to dinner at the pub and they had us play Texas Hold 'em with them. If we won the game, we got a card from a deck and the card entitled us to a 'buy one get one free' ticket for the performance that night. We had enough of us win that we could each buy and ticket and get another ticket free and split the cost so the show was cheap for all of us who went and we had a good time.

I'm running out of time. We are going to meet the press today and pick up our Fringe participation badges. So much to do and so little time. Can't stand to be in front of a computer for most of it. We all bought phones with international minutes, so be looking for a call from your daughters, parents!

With Love,

The TLs