Toward the end of our trip our guide performed a Haggis ceremony (see top picture). The haggis was brought out with some ceremony and Jim proceeded to cut into it while reciting a lengthy poem by Robert Burns is praise of haggis. This was supposed to be accompanied by a bag piper but he didn't show up so some of our number found bagpipe music on their phones. In case you don't know haggis is bits and pieces of meat scraps mixed with oatmeal, stuffed in a sheep's stomach and cooked. Everybody seems really grossed out by this but think about what sausage is made of and stuffed in and it won't seem so bad. They served the haggis as an appetizer - a layer of mashed potatoes, a layer of haggis, a layer of mashed turnips (neeps) all covered with a gravy seasoned with whisky, actually quite good. The four of us who had gone to London first decided that this was the night to wear our "Kinky Boots" t-shirts, so here we are. "Kinky Boots" was an excellent play, great music, funny lines and a good underlying message about accepting all sorts of people. "Ladies, Gentlemen and those who haven't made up their minds yet..." was a frequently repeated refrain.
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