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Vaults and Tunes
Wednesday, 21 March 2007
I’m still here. I have been doing some yoga classes, cooking dinner with friends and playing music. The other day Zayd and I took a quick walk up to Author’s Seat. It was SO windy at the top. I thought I was going to get blown off. Seriously, I don’t think that I have experienced wind that intense in my entire life, wooh! Since then I have been meeting lots of sweet folks from all over.... Holland, Germany, France, Austria, England & Wales. This is definitely a university town. There are 4 schools here and plenty of cute coffee shops and folks bustling about. I met a fellow by the name of Jud who is an excellent singer/songwriter. We played at this pub called Portabella right on the North Sea. It was beautiful and extremely cold outside, but cozy inside. There were two older gentleman there too playing songs. They were cute as can be singing “I’m yourrr local neighborrhood man, I’ve got my own grrrocery van” in their thick Scottish accents.
I also took a tour with two of my friends, Paul and Korbie, into the vaults below the city of Edinburgh. (http://www.mercattours.com/scheduled-tours.asp) In 1642 about 450 people, infected or not, were locked inside their homes in the vaults below because there was a break out of the plague. They all eventually died. The vaults were re-opened about month later. Rigor mortise had kicked in so they had to hire butchers to come in and cut up the bodies so they could fit them through the doors. Space was limited within the city walls of Edinburgh so within two weeks the rooms were available to rent. Nice, eh? There are plenty of other creepy things that have happened in this city over the years… you can check out the website if you like. 
On a lighter note, the music scene here is great! I went out to play an open mic and I ended up seeing a girl I had met in a coffee shop earlier that day. We played the open mic and went to two more that night. “It’s like this all the time here” Carolyn told me. Incredible. In a pub you’ll find all kinds of folks playing music. It reminded me a bit of the bluegrass sessions I used to go to in southwestern Virginia. Many of the musicians I have met here have told me that if I like this, I’ll love Ireland. So much to do so little time!! My traveling days are coming to an end and I will be back in the States soon. This has been a fantastic way to end my trip. This is my third time to Europe, and every time I have enjoyed it immensely and then some.
Posted: 03.21.2007
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