To celebrate the beginning of 2003, my friend Phil and I went to visit our friend Chris in Edinburgh, Scotland. We got to experience Hogmanay, the Scottish New Year festival, which took over downtown Edinburgh for four boisterous nights. Despite the near-constant chilly drizzle and the paucity of daylight hours, we had a good time seeing the city's historic buildings. We even enjoyed a traditional meal of haggis with neeps and tatties (turnips and potatoes).