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Edinburgh's Festivals

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October 10, 2018

In this post I describe my visit to the historic Scottish city of Edinburgh to see the Festival Fringe (or Fringe Festival) in 2018, and to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo which was held at the same time. I see a whole variety of performances including the famous Russian group Pussy Riot.

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