DC to Edinburgh

 We had an overnight flight from DC to London. Only Abie slept at all. I watched The Godfather and Creed. We didn't have much time to catch our connection to Edinburgh. The scooter came up late, and the kids were freaking out because they were overtired. It came and then we weaved our way to passport control. There was one officer there and a very long wait. There was a second shorter line for people with flights departing soon. We were put around that line. I eventually just slithered into line and we didn't have to wait too long.

We had our picture taken, went through security, had our picture taken again and we made it. They took Candace a different way onto the plane, but it all worked out. Abide slept a little.

We waited for the scooter for a while again in Edinburgh, but we weren't in a rush. When the scooter came, a worker escorted us through the airport. He said we were the first Americans to check only one bag. He took us to the tram and the tram workers gave the kids paper trains.

We made it to our stop, but Tal had a meltdown on the walk to the hotel. The hotel let us check in early and it is very nice. It's two rooms and we can see some of the castle from the window! We all took a nap and forced ourselves to wake up.

The plan was to get groceries, mostly treats, and then Indian food as it's Candace and my monthiversary. The kids rode on the scooter, but there was a rocky curb cut and the scooter tipped over and they all fell. I was joined by several people who helped get Candace untangled from the scooter and we put it right and helped her up.

The kids were only hurt a little, like a normal fall, but Candace hit her head and felt nauseous. Then we realized Tal's  jacket that had been on the back of the scooter was gone. I ran to retrace our steps, and the kids followed me, leaving Candace alone. We found the jacket on the sidewalk by the hotel and ran back to Candace. She was ok when we got back. She didn't want to go back to the hotel. We got snacks from the grocery store and found the Indian restaurant. The most positive gregarious woman took my order for takeaway. We made it back to the hotel and ate the delicious food and tried n the snacks, a great ending to a tough day. So far, the people here have been so kind.