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Festival Flats.
Aug. 14th, 2014 07:53 pmDuring the festival and the fringe - though more during the fringe (which starts, and finishes, a week before the festival), lots of people let their flats for the duration for surprisingly large sums of money. Thousands of pounds a week. Some friends have let their house to a well known comedian and fine around the world for six weeks on the proceeds. Another friend has decamped to the beaches of southern Portugal for a month or two.
(Personally, though, it seems odd to leave Edinburgh when there is so much going on. I'd rather leave in September and October, when the city suffers its collective hangover and nothing happens. Except for the Christmas decorations going up outside the Dome. But no one is willing to pay me thousands of pounds to do so.)
It turns out that quite a well known actor is staying in my building.
Indeed, he is staying in the flat above mine, according to the mail that has been arriving for him: 3FL. (That means "third floor, left", in Edinburgh address-speak).
Which is curious, since I live on the top floor. I'll have to ask my guest - who isn't an actor - whether she's heard anyone lurking about on the roof.
(Personally, though, it seems odd to leave Edinburgh when there is so much going on. I'd rather leave in September and October, when the city suffers its collective hangover and nothing happens. Except for the Christmas decorations going up outside the Dome. But no one is willing to pay me thousands of pounds to do so.)
It turns out that quite a well known actor is staying in my building.
Indeed, he is staying in the flat above mine, according to the mail that has been arriving for him: 3FL. (That means "third floor, left", in Edinburgh address-speak).
Which is curious, since I live on the top floor. I'll have to ask my guest - who isn't an actor - whether she's heard anyone lurking about on the roof.