Edinburgh Military Tattoo

It sort of smacked ‘tourist-y’ but we still wanted to go. There really is nothing like the sound of a pipe band at full volume. You either love it or not, I love it.

We lined up along the Royal Mile about an hour before the show began. It became apparent that this even attracts an’older’ crowd. We were surrounded by 5’ tall elderly women in seconds (I hear they hunt in packs…). No sooner had the policeman said the doors were opening that these women sprung to life, pushing and shoving their way to the front, all the while laughing and saying ‘Excuse me’ in lovely Scottish accents.

The show was good, but it wasn’t what I expected. There was the opening pipe band, and then the Taiwanese All Girl High School Marching Band (no, i’m not kidding) came out to entertain us. They were followed by a precision motorcycle troop (no, I’m not kidding). We thankfully finished up with more pipe bands and some decent fireworks.

I understand that it can change from night to night. Our night was good, but tended towards a ‘circus’ like feel.