In Edinburgh, 2021, Briefly

We had unfinished business in Edinburgh. We had stored our European camper there in August of 2019, then sold it in August of 2020, with our various personal possessions still in it. So part of the unfinished business was to retrieve those items and to make sure the camper was still ship shape and Bristol fashion for the new owners. This took the better part of two days, including traveling to and from our hotel in Newington, in Edinburgh. Only the third day did we get into old Edinburgh to attend to more unfinished business.

Going through things in the camper...you can't take everything with
you...there were several trips to the nearby charity shops...old clothes
mostly...but also a few painful partings...none more so than my
Eiger Pivetta heavy duty Italian mountaineering boots...as 
recommended in Colin Fletcher's The Complete Walker...one-piece
leather construction...heavy Vibram soles...purchased in 1972...
took me to the top of the Grand Teton and many other mountains...
re-soled at least twice, the new soles trimmed and affixed 
with proper brass screws...I took them to one of the nicer shops
and carefully explained all this to the manager in the hope they
would not simply be trashed...OK, I hadn't worn them since the
90s, and then only on heavy snow days in Montana...and, Vicki
points out, they weighed five pounds each...

More unfinished business was a visit to Cadenhead's for 
another few wee drams

Miscellaneous Royal Mile sights

Small business

Opportunities available across the UK

Father of economics

'Twas the Invisible Hand did this...

More unfinished business...replacing a lost
cashmere McKay scarf...alas! out of stock! but
we found another one upstairs (McCoy is a
derivative of McKay)

Edinburgh Castle sans Tattoo, something we don't usually see

Walking toward New Town

Amuse bouche at our favorite Edinburgh bistro, Chez Jules; hey,
if you're eating Thai in York, why not French in Edinburgh?

Her onion soup

My pate

Her steak frites

My mussels frites; oops, forgot to picture the panacotta desserts

Site of literary inspiration, for Harry Potter (now disputed, I
understand); walking back up and down the hills to Newington