Edinburgh

Home, sweet home! Mhairi kindly met us up at the train station so we didn't have to negiotiate an unfamiliar bus system to get to the flat, but that hasn't stopped us from having a run-in with the public transport system already. There is more than one company running bus routes around Edinburgh and apparently it DOES matter which one you jump on...

Anyway, the flat. Mhairi's place is really nice and located fairly centrally. It is close to the important things (2 pubs, dairy/newsagent, bakery, fish and chip shop) and within easy walking distance of a supermarket and the city centre. It's even on lots of good bus routes. Here's a photo out the lounge window.

We both have favourable first impressions of Edinburgh. It's very scenic, with good views of the imposing Edinburgh Castle from the centre of town. Terraced houses, old chimneys, cobbled streets and lots of pubs! We've seen the inside of a few already.

On Saturday night we went to Jo and Steve's place for dinner. Mmm, haggis! It's the second time we've had it and it was just as yummy this time (if you can't stand the thought of all
that offal, try vegie haggis as it's also delicious). They put together a great spread. We also began our education on different whiskies, something Jo and Steve seem to have learnt a lot about in ten short months.