The Final Class, Exploring the Hidden Rooms, an Exclusive Scotch Club

On Wednesday night, I took my students to an organ recital at St. Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile.  It was a great way to end the module.  The performer was excellent, and the acoustics in the church were fabulous!  We followed that up with listening to traditional Scottish music at Edinburgh's oldest pub (over 500 years old).

Today (Thursday), we had our final exam and wrapped up the fast-paced module.  Here are my two favorite college students in our classroom.

After lunch we went on a tour of the attic.  It is huge with many, many rooms.  The servants would have all had bedrooms up there.  In later years it was used to house POW's after the world wars.  It has been basically untouched since then.

We also took a tour of the sub-basement.  We saw the old dungeons and the guard's room.  We also saw the old 'priest hole,' where the local priest could be hidden away in a secret room when necessary during the Scottish Reformation.  Here's Aidan peaking his head out.

To end the day, we were invited by some friends to the Scotch Whisky Society for dinner and a wee nip.  It is housed in 'The Chambers,' a building that dates to the 15th Century and was used to house casks of wine, and whisky that came in by boat.  We had a blast.