Melody and Heather have left the building... and the country!

That was that. Our first visitors in our current digs have come and gone. The lovely Melody and Heather left early this morning to head back home to The Peg after a few days of fun, fun, fun. As with all our visitors, before they leave we lock them up, shackle their feet and twist their arms until they have all signed our guest book, no exception with these ladies. When we started looking through who our last guest was, we soon realized that we have not had any guests coming to see us since Christmas Eve 2009! Not cool!

Anyways; Melody and Heather arrived on Tuesday by train from London after a few sightseeing-packed days. As they had not had the best sleeping/jet lag combo in their hostel in London, Tuesday was dedicated to sofa surfing and relaxation. On Wednesday however, they were back in full form and had a full day of out-and-abouting which culminated in a night out with dinner at our favourite Greek restaurant, a Fringe comedy show (Brendon Bourns) and a visit to the local pub around the corner. I believe the quote of the week after that was: “But the children; they love it! They love it! They don’t know!”

Edinburgh’s shops all made their annual targets on Thursday when the girls hit the streets for some serious major league shopping and yesterday the girls and Shaena and Ethan rented a car and headed over to Glasgow for even more shopping(!) and also a quick stop by the beautiful Loch Lomond.

In the evening we looked at a slideshow of all their photos from the trip and quickly realized that the girls had not actually gone into or paid admission to pretty much any tourist attractions neither her nor in London! For every castle or landmark attraction they showed us photos of we asked: “So, did you go inside?” and they responded: “No, we just looked at it from the outside”. That’s the way to travel! Get your touristy photos, don’t spend too much time reading historical signs and plaques and swiftly move on to the next item on the list! Well done girls! ;)

We hope you’ve enjoyed your trip across the pond and we'll see you both next time we are in town!