Sitting beneath Arthur's Seat

Made it to Edinburgh tonight... the train was very full—as full as the conductor had ever seen it, he said—because of the Open.  I walked around the part of town where my dorm is located before finding a nice little Chinese place.  An interesting/disconcerting lesson:  Take-out food is much cheaper than eat-in food, I think because of the VAT.  The same dish I paid about $12 for was only about $8 to go...

  There are many disconnects for me like that in pricing, all driven by VAT.
   As I walked out of my room for dinner about 9:30 pm I could look behind the dorm and see The Crags and Arthur's Seat, which dominates the Edinburgh skyline.  First picture below is the Crags and the dorm, then Arthur's Seat and the dorm.  Arthur's Seat is where the famous scene in Chariots of Fire ("I feel God's pleasure when I run!) took place.  As I took the picture I notice a lone silhouette on top... but as the minutes went by more and more appeared; people who made the 3 hour hike to see the sunset. [if you click on the second picture it will expand, and you can see him]  I watched with some envy, but continued on.  Tuesday I will explore Edinburgh and will get plenty of climbing.