Mum and Dad join the excellent adventure

My flight to Edinburgh left Weds eve at 8pm ATL time, and arrived at 9am UK time. I managed 4 hours of sleep on the plane, caught a bus to the train station, and was back to Newcastle in time to rent a car from Enterprise. Fortunately, I was able to rent an automatic (not the norm here), so I'm only dealing with driving on the wrong side of the road and the wrong side of the car... and i don't have to worry about shifting on the wrong side of the wheel as well. Now all I have to do is remember to get in on the wrong side of the car.
After a nap and a good night's sleep, i was back on the road to collect Mum and Dad at the Edinburgh airport (a 2.5 hr drive), and we came straight to St Andrews. They had less sleep than I did on my flight, so we managed to check into our B&B (www.charlesworthhouse.co.uk), walked over to the Old Course, stopped at 4 golf shops for souvenirs, then came back to nap. We had a lovely Scottish dinner at the Russell Hotel around the corner, and retired early so we could get up for our full Scottish breakfast this am. I think we'll all be full until dinner tonight. :) Dad and I are going to get 9 holes in this afternoon... supposed to get up to 65 (only hit 45 yesterday). We'll also walk down to the St Andrews cathedral, and have dinner at the clubhouse on the course. Tomorrow we'll be visiting the Edinburgh castle, then driving down the coast to admire various castles and lighthouses along the way. (check out www.holy-island.info/gallery/index.htm).