Back in Naas

I'm back here in Naas for a couple of days staying with my step-sister again, but tomorrow morning I'm off on another bus trip for a week to see all the bits of Ireland I haven't seen already.
The Tattoo in Edinburgh was pretty amazing. I had heard that last year the Kiwi's put on a bit of a funny performance so I was keen to see what would happen this year. It turns out that we didn't get our own section this year, we just got included in the massed pipes and drums. It seems that the Russians were out to get all the laughs this time round with dancing bears, people doing handstands, and all kinds of other humorous stuff. Who'd have thought it... Russians with a sense of humour...
For the rest of the week I saw a couple more shows and did some more wandering through the city, but on the Saturday, I went to the Scotland vs. Ireland Rugby game at Murrayfield stadium. I didn't give the Scots much of a chance actually, but they pulled it out of the hat and beat the Irish. It looked like it was going to be a good night to go out on the town, so we did.
All 14 of us.
All Kiwi's.
Who'd have thought I'd go halfway round the world to get drunk with New Zealanders. It was a damned good night though.
Monday morning saw me getting up early to catch a tour up to the Isle of Skye. It's really quite beautiful up there. On the way up, we stopped off at Stirling and the Wallace Memorial. Our bus driver/guide kept us entertained with the real story of William Wallace and plenty of other tales of history and Highland Legends. On Skye we stayed at a hostel called Saucy Mary's. There's a bit of a story there about a Viking princess called Mary who used to flash all the sailors. It had a good little pub downstairs too, with plenty of different whiskeys that I had to have a sample of.
On the way back to Edinburgh we stopped off at Loch Ness for a bit of Nessie hunting. Unfortunately no-one saw anything.
So today's a washing/Internet day and tomorrow I'm off again. I'll let you all know how it turns out.
By the way, I've added a few photos to some of the older Posts. YAY!! I'll do some more when I get back here after my tour.