Friday, August 13, 1999
The Plan:
Go to Edinburgh - Hilton National
Belford Rd., Edinburgh, EH4 3DG  +44(0) 131 3322545

Reality:
partly cloudy AM, sunny PM

07:30 wake up
08:00 breakfast: toast, corn flakes, grapefruit juice, mixed peeled fruit: grapefruit, pineapple, mandarin orange
08:30 call three taxis to get one ride



09:00 taxi to Haydon Bridge £8
09:31 train to Newcastle
10:14 arrive Newcastle, head for First Class lounge
10:53 train to Edinburgh
12:12 arrive Waverley station, Edinburgh
    left luggage queue is too long
12:15 taxi to Hilton National

12:20 arrive Hilton National, £5, it's 3 floors high and about 5 rooms wide.
12:25 try to check in, room not ready, "have lunch in our pub, it's 3 floors down on floor 2."
12:30 arrive in pub, order diet coke, lemonade and 2 steak and chips.
12:31 receive drinks, find table away from smokers
12:50 order second round, assured that food will be forthcoming
13:05 food
13:15 pay bill
13:20 get room key
13:25 walk to Edinburgh Castle
13:45 arrive at Edinburgh Castle, £6.50 each
    walk around castle








14:45 walk to 1 hour APS developer I found last time
14:50 told 4 rolls of double copies will take 1:10
14:52 Take double decker tour of Edinburgh, £6 each



16:00 finish tour
16:02 inquire about film, told "5 more minutes"
    wander around mall
16:10 get film
16:12 get back on tour bus and ride half way to hotel
16:20 walk rest of way to hotel
16:35 view pictures in hotel
18:30 walk to restaurant
18:50 arrive at "Get Stuffed"
18:55 order diet coke, lemonade, pork chops, rump steak and chips
19:02 food
19:15 we're stuffed, £33.50 for two
19:20 walk to St James Center, closed for evening
    walk around
21:00 return to hotel
    finish "The Camelot Caper" by Elizabeth Peters
    start "The night of 400 rabbits" by Elizabeth Peters