kilts and castles -- personal

So, I'm too tired to write my final "official" blog posts, but I wanted to just jot down some quick comments on our time in Scotland.
First off, we're staying in an old manor house that is on the site of an old castle. How cool is that! It's in a town about 20 minutes from Edinburgh called Dalkeith. I did a little hiking with some girls around the grounds yesterday, and they are so pretty. We found a grove of trees that looked like someplace you might find in Narnia or Middle Earth...someplace magical anyway.
The people in Scotland are so nice and friendly! Really willing to help you out or just have a pleasant conversation. Monday, two girls and I had a nice conversation with a coffee shop owner. He told us about his wife he'd been married to for 30 years, and since we were on our way to the Scottish Poetry Library and he told us about one of his favorite poets named Phoebe Hesketh. So we looked up some books of her work and she is awesome. And Mr. Coffe Shop also told us he really liked Dolly Parton...in fact he'd gotten to see her in concert in April up in Glasgow.
I did take in a little culture and went to the Museum of Scotland to soak in a little Scottish history.