Originally Posted by Bluegrass Lass

Thanks everyone! Indeed, we are going to give ourselves time to settle in this time, and really figure out what/where we want. We are both sick of moving, and really want to give somewhere a long term go of it.

I'm really looking forward to living here in Edinburgh, and seeing all the nooks and crannies. We really want to take the time to learn this city, and all the great things to do here.

Originally Posted by fulwood

If1 how did you find place live? Do you own property there? Are you living in city or outskirts? One of my favorite cities in the world...

Originally Posted by feelbritish

all the best in your settling in! You made me smile about the little old ladies who chat - can't wait to experience that again!

Originally Posted by TheEmperorIsNaked

Welcome home Bluegrass! I'm 8 weeks behind you!

Originally Posted by deepcpearl

Good on you, Bluegrass, hope all goes well.

Hey, that's great news for you, Emperor, with that little comment slipped in there. I've felt your pain through your posts. So pleased to read you've got a return date fixed now. Do let us all know how you get on; I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been rooting for you.

Originally Posted by Bluegrass Lass

Well, after a lengthy journey that started in Seattle, and had a stopover in Louisville KY, hubby and I are now both back in Scotland. He flew over at the end of July, and I just arrived 13th Sept. so I'm still a bit jet lagged. It was a pretty stressful flight over, due to massive delays in Newark airport. I was supposed to leave at 8:10pm, but we didn't leave until 4 gate changes and 4 1/2 hours later around midnight. I was really lucky that the flight even took off, as a lot of other flights were being cancelled. Let's just say that once I was on the plane, and the captain personally verified our 2 cats had been loaded, I finally breathed a huge sigh of relief. One word of advice from me would be, that if you are traveling with pets, make sure you have enough of a buffer on your health certificate to reschedule flights in case of cancellation (since the cert is only good for 10days).

I met 2 brilliant OAPs during my wait. One was returning to Ireland for the first time in 17 years - her daughters were treating her to a trip back for a family reunion. And the other was a Scottish lady who had lived in the US for 23 years, but had moved back to the UK a few years ago. They were very interesting characters to say the least. She reminded me quite a bit of my grandma who likes to just talk nonstop, and made the waiting a bit more tolerable. Gotta love chatty old ladies!

Now I'm looking forward to making our new flat home, and getting settled in, and getting back to work.

Originally Posted by scot47

Edinburgh during the Festival is my vision of Dante's Inferno.