We've had a lovely and very welcome day off today, as nearly all the participants headed off to Edinburgh for a day out organised by the staff and pupils at George Heriot's school, who had put a huge amount of work into the day for which we are extremely grateful.
Team Wales was escorted by two pupils at the school, Max and Iona,who began by taking us to Edinburgh Dungeon. We went round the dungeons with the teams from Canada and Chile, and had a fun if terrifying time, as we explored punishment in Scotland in the medieval times and the story of Sawney Bean, a Scottish cannibal. There was also a section on the harvesting and sale of organs by gravediggers, and we'll have to see whether or not this comes up in the debate tomorrow!
After a veggie haggis and cheese toastie, we headed off to see the National Museum, the high street which was packed with street performers taking part in the Fringe Festival, the Meadow, and finally finished back at George Heriot's school.
It's back to debating tomorrow though, as we take on last year's world champions, Canada, in the morning, and Barbados, a new team, in the afternoon. Bring it on!
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