Leith, museums and some blue sky

The weather called for mostly cloudy, but no rain, so we took the bus into Edinburgh again on Thursday. We went to Leith first for fish & chips and mushy peas at The Tailend. It was quite good!

Then on to the Royal Mile again. We visited two small museums, the People's Story and The Museum of Childhood, and then stopped in to warm up with tea and scones at a cafe.

Chris & Oli on the Royal Mile outside the
Museum of Childhood

tea time at cafe larder

Oli tries a scone

The weather was beautiful. The evening brought blue sky and a little sun! We were tired when we got back, but we had to go out to enjoy the weather and take a few photos.

view from the front door

some blue sky above Dalkeith House

The last few days have been uneventful as I've been very busy preparing for my class, which begins on Monday. We did get out to the pub with friends for the Cider Festival last night and tonight had dinner with all of the students. I have six students in my class, 4 who have been here since May and 2 who just  arrived today. For most of them, flying here was the first time they had ever been on a plane! 

Oliver has been doing well. He's continuing to crawl and pull himself up and spends a lot of time exploring our bedroom or the faculty lounge. He has already made friends with the other faculty and was a hit at dinner tonight with all of the students too.