Military Tattoo Day

This has been such a relaxing vacation and I can truly call it a vacation. Right before we left, I had sent in my chapter for the Frommer's Europe by Rail book. I knew it was a few pages longer than what was wanted, but my editor said we had a few pages to play with. Well, her Word and my Word are at cross purposes. My version showed 35 pages, hers showed 39. She decided on 29, so much for the pages to play with and sent me an e-mail. Enjoy your vacation, but as soon as you get home, I need this back cut down to 29 pages. Oh, boy! In spite of this, I was able to maintain my Zen feeling much to my surprise. Normally, I would be spastic until it was done and approved of. Tonight was the Military Tattoo. We had to book our seats in December 2006 as they are sold out by December 31st. It was really spectacular. Different countries perform with music, marching, and sometimes antics, like the Russians. They were really great. Some of the guys at our hotel return yearly for this and the Fringe. For us, seeing the Tattoo once was great, but we don't need to repeat it.

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Airfare Madness

We have tickets to the Military Tattoo in Edinburgh for August. We are combing that with the Fringe Festival. Last year, we went to the Fringe and had a great time. I have been searching for a good airfare. Last year, I found 33 different ways of combining budget airlines to get from here to there. Of the 33, only 11 would feasible due to connections. Then of those 11, all were more expensive than flying Malev, the Hungarian airlines. This year, I thought I hit gold. I found a website that allows you to type in the information one time and then you can search 20 different sites such as Expedia, Sidestep, Orbitz, and so on. Many of these sites do not allow travel that does not initiate in the U.S., thus limiting our possibilities. I did find allcheaptravel.com through this and also a great airfare. I booked it immediately with my American Express card. I received a confirmation number and a confirmation booking e-mail and I was pleased with myself. Four hours later, I happened to check my e-mail only to find another message from Allcheaptravel. They canceled my reservation since my Amex card had a foreign billing address, even though it is a US based account. Using Jajah, I called them and tried to salvage the seats, but was told they were gone. Back to the beginning again, but hopefully, since we are trying so early, the prices will go down later. The taxes on all airlines are more than the tickets themselves.

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