A quick note on food.

I can in no way suppose that this is the case all across Scotland, but I do think it is interesting that at both the Holiday Inn and the Glynhill Hotel, I was provided the same sort of celery-potato-leak soup at meal time. I thought it was interesting that they didn't even ask, "Would you like soup?" but just.. assumed that logically, I would want soup. Why wouldn't I?

Anyway, it had a very nice flavor that reminded me of this potato soup that my mother's friend Susan Shellman, who passed away while I was in high school, used to make. So I'm wondering if maybe the recipes are similar, and if her recipe was inspired by this one.

Just some food for thought (no pun intended) while I try to make my way south to London. Assuming I get in, my step-grandmother and my grandfather have invited me out to see Cirque du Soleil with them at Albert Hall, which would be fantastic. I saw Cirque when they came to Huntsville early last year and maintain that that night was the best night of entertainment I've had in a long time.