Edinburgh

The last week of July, J and I went to Edinburgh for a long weekend. We wanted to try out our new car, so we drove all the way there and back (about 7 hours). That doesn't sound like a long drive to me, but for J it was very long as those Brits aren't used to driving long distances like we Americans are!

The first day, we stopped at the Angel of the North on the drive up. We stayed at a lovely B&B in the Leith part of Edinburgh (about 20 minute walk from Princes St). We visited the Royal Botanic Gardens and saw a comedy act, which was a prep act for the Festival, which started this week.

Then on Friday, we saw the Royal Yacht Britannia, which was the Queen's boat that she used on all her holidays for nearly 50 years. That was beautiful and I really enjoyed seeing the Queen's taste in decor. Then we had lunch at The Kitchin, which is a Michelin starred restaurant and it was fab. I will never forget having minced pigs trotters - yum! J also really enjoyed his chocolate souffle for dessert. That afternoon we shopped, went on a ghost tour and then had a late supper at The Witchery Restaurant near the Castle.

On Saturday, we visited the Castle and then walked all around the town and shopped way too much. We saw Inception and then had a nice quiet dinner at a Mediterranean restaurant that evening.

All in all, we ate too much and spent too much but it was a great little break to get away. Even the weather cooperated :) Now we just have to get through 3 more days of work and then we're off for a week (or 2 weeks in J's case) for our visit with N. More pics to come!