Day 4, or Tuesday was a catch-up day for the most part. I spent a lot of time working (yes, actually working), and blogging (you notice how I posted 3 blogs yesterday?) and answering my other emails. I also spent a lot of time MySpacing, checking my bank account balances, and reading baseball scores from when I was gone. My fantasy baseball team is officially going to shit!

I did get out of the flat for a while, though, and I was able to take a few pictures.

We took ol faithful (bus route 44) into the city center, and decided to do some walking around. Ed showed Becky and I a graveyard that was connected to the park, and we went in and did some exploring. From the dates on the gravestones, I guessed that most of the people were buried between 1700 and 1850. Some of the graves were in very good shape, while most were actually pretty run down. I don’t think that anyone actually maintains the graveyard, and I’m pretty sure that it just sits unguarded during present day.

That seems strange to me, and makes me wonder about the people buried here. I doubt they realized that their graves would be so easily visited by tourists such as myself. Life must have been a lot different in Edinburgh at the time that these people died, and their graves were placed in this graveyard. Thinking about their lives made me wonder about the history of Edinburgh, and I’m hoping that I can learn more about this history over the next few days.

Just as soon as I was thrust into the urban graveyard, we walked through the other side of the yard and found a much more modern scene; a merry go round in the park! What a great contrast!

We walked through the park and then went to do some shopping. We shopped on Princes street (the same street that Krime Dogg and I shopped on Monday) and went through various stores without making any purchases. I looked for a Hearts jersey, because I am planning on going to see a Hearts game one day this week! Unfortunately, all hearts jerseys were sold out, so I will need to try and pick one up another day. I was told they cost around 31 Pounds (nearly $60 US), but I think it’s a justified cost, as they are my new favorite football club (how could I not love them after meeting their fans and seeing their chants?).

I’m really excited about the prospect of going to see a Scottish Soccer match. I’ve seen tv shows and movies with the Scottish soccer hooligan stereotype, so I’d like to see it first hand. Who knows, I might even take a video! I think it’s imperative that I buy a jersey, though, because EVERYONE wears their team colors to these games! It’s not like America where you can wear whatever shirt you’d like; in Scotland you MUST wear your teams colors! The games are also a lot more intense than American sporting events. Once I get the chance to attend a game, I’ll give you my full wrap-up.

After shopping for a few hours, we decided to head back home, as well as pick up some groceries along the way. We stopped at a super market, and picked up some food that should last us for several days.

I loved the super market! I think it’s so cool to see the unique items that are available at supermarkets in a country. I’d say that it’s one of the most telling parts of any culture, something you can only experience in person. I’d go into great detail describing the items that were available, but that may get boring. I will say that many of their items were similar to the items we find in the states. The major differences were the actual brands of products and the associated packaging for the items.

I saw a few hilarious products and photographed a few of them. One of them was a can of Gin and Diet Tonic. It came in a 4 pack, and was apparently pre-mixed. I’ve had Gin and Diet tonic before, and it’s not very good. So, basically this is a can of crap!

Another cool product that I saw was Miller beer. Not Miller Lite. Not Miller Genuine Draft. Not Miller High Life or High Life Lite. Just plain old Miller beer. This is something that I had NEVER seen before in the US, and is something that I have long questioned whether or not it even existed! I guess now I have proof.

We took our groceries home on the bus, which was not a very fun task. The bus was overcrowded, and there weren’t many places to sit. So, we had to dissipate throughout the bus with our bags and sit uncomfortably until the our stop came along.

Once we got home we made some dinner and drank a few beers. I spent most of my time finishing up a few blogs, and checking some emails. It was a pretty low key night, which was badly needed given our previous two nights of drinking and not sleeping much.