[Belated] DPP Day 10: Santa Maybe?

Now that we're safely back home, it's probably safe to comment that one of the perks of living in Edinburgh is its easy access to the airport. When we lived in Fife, it was necessary either to schedule our flights for sometime after eleven o'clock or to spend the night before the flight in Edinburgh (we've done both). Travel required walking to the bus stop, taking a bus (ten minutes) to the rail station, taking the train (an hour or more) to Edinburgh, taking another bus (forty minutes) to the airport, and only then proceeding with the normal pre-flight procedures with which most air travellers are familiar.

Last Friday, we walked out of the flat, waited at the bus stop beneath our windows for seven minutes, took the bus to the airport (granted, a long bus ride, but one with no connections!) and were in the air by 7 a.m. and in London by ten past ten.

After a busy day researching (Friday) and supper at a favourite restaurant (see Friday's DPP), we headed to a favourite holiday flat in Lewisham and, on Saturday, caught up with a friend from the states for two days of exciting tourist adventures. And, of course, this more than anything is the point at which the December Photo Project is difficult, because in choosing this photo--a "flash mob" of Santas in Victoria rail station--I had to veto some excellent candids of a fire juggler, an open air market, an open air book stall, and Darth Vader teaching a little boy about light sabers. Tough life.