after a long queue at the council office which involved trying to figure out the queuing system, we got happy news that we can wait to pay once they've recalculated our tax with the student deduction.
there were about 5 different queues with lines and interview rooms and different numbering systems. but eventually we got helped.
so after that we went to the people's story museum . it's a neat museum. on my first trip here, i was only able to see the first floor, so it was nice to see the second and third floor. it's not a huge exhibit, but well done about the different jobs and lifestyles in edinburgh's past. lots of neat stuff about the different jobs and types of labor.
interestingly at one point there were 50 breweries in the city, to the 5 there now are. there was this great map of the city with them. it's too bad. also too bad that caledonian brewery (still functioning) does not do tours.
also a neat picture of the old public transportation. essentially a bus pulled by horses. and the text about the drivers vs conductors.
and about the council housing and kitchens/cooking during the war.
and the early start to the hotel business.
anyway, it was a good museum. a nice place to pop into. and there was a school group there with a teacher who had a fantastic scottish accent to listen to as she was helping her students fill out their worksheets. they were pretty much actually filling them out too - it reminded me of when FA and i took our students to the national museum of american indiansin DC and had created worksheets for our kids.
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