16 Kilts, 2 Bagpipes, Haggis and a Picnic Rug!
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Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
I travelled up on the train the Saturday morning, got in to Edinburgh Waverly about lunchtime, and casually strolled to cat's through the centre of town (with Cat and her roomy ofcourse). My first impressions of Edinburgh were that it a very pretty city. The buildings are old, but don't have the grey-ness that London buildings seem to have. Also, it did feel a lot different England if that's possible.
It was really good to see Cat again! She's 5 months pregnant, and due to leave the UK at the end of June with her fiance Richard
01. Edinburgh Castle
. I had met Richard in London just over a year ago - cool guy. Who knows when we'll meet up again, so it was really nice to see a new place, and catch up with a good mate at the same time.Saturday arv we walked up to the Castle, then down the Royal Mile where all in one shop I picked up badge, patch and shotglass - pretty bloody stoked about that! After that we just wandered around town, picked up some food for dinner, then headed home.
One observation I did make were the amount of ginger-headed people in Edinburgh! Do you think it has something to do with the fact that I'm dating one?? He's defo the better looking of all of them!!
Had a relaxing dinner at home, and I tell ya what, it did my head in a bit that the sun doesn't completely go down till around 10.30/11.00pm! Def freaked me out a little...
Sunday was a lazy morning, then Cat and I headed back in to town to catch a bus to Musselbrough to watch the end of the marathon. The really cool thing about Cat's place is that when you walk out the fornt door, turn right and look up, you see Edinburgh Castle right there, I think that's cool..
02. Church on the Royal Mile
.Very windy day, but nice and sunny. So we watched as people who had ran about 42kms finally crossed the finish line - and it was quite emotional! One poor bugger limped over the line in tears, I would hate to think how long he had been limoing for, but he looked in pain. We walked along the ocean/lake side and then stopped off for a pee-break and hot choccie. Both feeling very tired (what's my excuse??) we headed back to Edinburgh. Stopped in at Sainsbury's to grab some food and then home. I cooked a really good feed for Cat, Richard and 2 of their mates that night. I made Chicken Cordon Bleu (please forgive my spelling babe if I got it wrong), with potato smash and veggies, and either peppercorn or msuhroom sauce. And we all know me, got dessert too!!
Again, not a late night - well didn't feel like it was anyway, could have been with the sunset times here.
Monday morning I caught up with an Ios mate for breaky. Vanessa has appeared on the blog before, and she is a wild one!! I would have loved to have gone partying with her up there, but funds and a lack of energy stopped me. Instead she rocked up to breaky with only a couple hours sleep under her belt (I would not expect anything less from this girl - she's a champion!), and having to work only a couple hours later! Used this opportunity to try haggis! I reckon it tasted like the meat bit in a sausage roll, and you know what, it probably is the same thing, we all just know what haggis is - sheep's stomach and other shit! Didn't taste too bad though, I would eat it again if it was put in front of me... couldn't bring myself to have the black pudding though, been there done that, wasn't a fan
03. Another Church on the Royal Mile
.After breaky I walked back up the Royal Mile to Edinburgh Castle. Made the effort to walk through all the nooks and crannies, but a bit annoyed I missed the torture museum bit. I watched the cannon go off at 1.00pm which you'll see the short video, and yeah. I liked the castle. The royal honours (crown jewels) were a bit of a let-down. They make you line up and follw this line through for about 30 minutes, the honours are at the end, and there's only a sword, a sceptre, a crown and the stone of destiny. Bloody big sword though!!
Bought me a picnic blanket on my way to meet Cat, then met up with her, had a drink and back to hers to chill out before my train back that evening.
All-in-all, a great weekend, and I do hope to get back there one day, just not sure when!
L :-) xoxo
