Because We Can

Just a reminder that after this post we will be on board the ship and we don't know what Internet service will be like so the posts may vary greatly in their frequency. What will be will be. We began the morning with a narrated bus tour of Edinburgh. When you're in these other countries one doesn't often appreciate either the style or age of the buildings. This block is Georgian architecture and was built between the late 1700s and early 1800s. Another way of looking at it was that it was built around the time of the Revolutionary war or the war of 1812. Then we had in that this is one of the more exclusive areas of Edinburgh and the contrast between here and where we live is literally centuries. The close-up of the door from one of the buildings like above. But there's a difference, the stone block to the left of the door knocker reads the home of Robert Louis Stevenson 1857-1880. He of  Treasure Island , Kidnapped , and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . Ev