I received an email from the Prdigal Son in Edinburgh last night and things are going much better. It seems that the visits to the kiltmakers was the final straw for a bad day. Now it appears that castles and museums and just general sight-seeing have perked him up and that Scotland is "all right and kind of cool!" He has mastered the bus system and said he might wear his Freedom kilt again later this week.

It appears that he is getting over the language barrier again as his typing seems to have gained a brouge...he acquired a temporary accent a couple of years ago when we spent quite bit of time with the new Scots relatives and friends at my daughter's wedding.

Looks like we should get a pile of pics and good reviews for most of the trip.

Rob