Wednesday, September 14 we took the train to Edinburgh. We arrived at our spacious Airbnb apartment and went to the store to pick up some breakfast foods. My throat started getting scratchy the day before, so I thought it was prudent to not go out to dinner. Instead I raided the breakfast food stash and had a crumpet and yogurt for dinner. I may have enjoyed my dinner more than the others, because when they returned they said it was the worst food on the trip. I took a Covid test in the morning and unfortunately tested positive. I’ve been dilengent about always masking indoors and outdoors in crowded situations. We ate outdoors at every opportunity. Thankfully everyone else was negative and went on to enjoy Edinburgh. I was confined to the bedroom for the duration, but at least Jim had a sofa to sleep on in the living room. The timing actually couldn’t have been better because we no longer had a car (I was the driver) and we had 4 days here for me to hunker down. I’ve been here before so I don’t feel like I totally missed out on everything. I took a walk around the neighborhood on Friday while the others were out sightseeing. I feel pretty good, but was fatigued by the walk and took a nap. Really my only symptoms are my slightly sore throat, which affected my voice, a little congestion and fatigue. Today, Saturday, Jim and I took a walk and went part of the way up the Royal Mile up to the castle entrance. I walked over 3 miles, and it sure tired me out. I was able to take a few pictures while we were out and about.

It was getting crowded and that was our sign to leave. Edinburgh has been a bust for me and tomorrow we move on to Liverpool. I checked the Covid protocols here and since 5 days will have passed since my first symptoms I can do what I want. Of course I will continue to wear a mask.