This weekend is his birthday and he is stuck working out of town. He was supposed to take this work trip on my birthday weekend but was able to switch the dates and the new dates fell on his… so he is working in a crap part of the UK (so I hear) and not exactly celebrating his birthday. I sent him off with a small cake and some goodies… which defeated his idea of no one knowing it was his birthday this weekend.. but I figured you can't not have even a small little celebration of life! I look forward to him coming back next week so we can celebrate. I don't think I will be able to take him on a magical mystery tour.. but I am sure we will figure out something. Either way- Happy Birthday!!!!
Birthday weekend… This post is a bit overdue, but figured better late than never! Mr. Tyke had to work on the Saturday after my birthday but had promised me an outing. So guess what? This boy gave up watching the last game of the Premier League to take me on a "magical mystery tour" in Edinburgh. Now, I am not going to say he didn't remind me of his awesomeness throughout the day… but seriously- a British Boy giving up a day of football to make sure I had an outing?? Yeah… that says you have something special going on right there. After all of the options I listed of places in/around Edinburgh that we could go, and him rulling out the places he had been and/or had no desire to go we were left with Rosslyn Chapel. You know, the one that was made famous by Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code? The drive to the chapel was stunning. Rolling hills, huge patches of yellow flowers, and sheep everywhere! Even the little babies were out and about. We thought it was going to be a crap day of weather but the clouds seemed to pass and it turned out to be a lovely day. Mr. Tyke totally missed out on a discount because the lady asked if he was in the military- I got my student discount.. and he had to pay the full admission fee. The man who loves a bargain was pretty bummed he missed out on that! I think he tried to charm her into a discount anyway, but it just didn't work! We waited around for the official chapel lecture to learn a bit more about it. Was really worth listening to. The building was in ruins and has been slowly restored over the years. Before the Da Vinci Code was published the chapel had a few visitors here and there. There was no visitor centre, and there was no cafe. They had a table, some pamphlets, a tea kettle and a couple volunteers. Book published, people go crazy and BOOM in one day thousands of people showed up from all over. Can you imagine? There was no way they had enough tea to offer their guests! That book was the best thing that could happen to this beautiful building. With the sudden interest in the chapel, through collecting more of these admission fees, they have been able to restore the chapel to what it is today. On top of that, they have a visitor centre with a cafe. At least knowing this, I was able to comfort Mr. Tyke having to pay the admission fee to have him know that he is actually contributing to the maintenance of the building! There were quite a few funny stories that were shared during the little lecture. People are crazy. They have shown up with full blown axes to dig into the vaults down below. Like thats ok! Apparently, someone from Tennessee (oh make us proud) believed that Elvis was buried there. I mean, really people? If they really wanted to dig up the "treasures" don't you think they would have already done that? And do you think that you are so special that you are the one that is going to be permitted to do so?? HA! After the chapel, we could have gone home and even probably caught a game. But, guess what? Mr. Tyke suggested we take a little journey to Peebles. Some little town that he heard was nice. Unfortunately, it was a local holiday and so most of the places were closed. However, we were able to have a nice little lunch and a walk about the town. For the newbie, it is just always nice to see whats outside of the city. I don't have a car so its little trips like these that are so cool! It really was a great day!
This weekend is his birthday and he is stuck working out of town. He was supposed to take this work trip on my birthday weekend but was able to switch the dates and the new dates fell on his… so he is working in a crap part of the UK (so I hear) and not exactly celebrating his birthday. I sent him off with a small cake and some goodies… which defeated his idea of no one knowing it was his birthday this weekend.. but I figured you can't not have even a small little celebration of life! I look forward to him coming back next week so we can celebrate. I don't think I will be able to take him on a magical mystery tour.. but I am sure we will figure out something. Either way- Happy Birthday!!!!
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