Discovering Edinburgh!

Our first Edinburgh trip is now behind us - first of many we're sure, 'cause there seems to be loads to see in the capital of Scotland! Our friend Jessi, first of many visitors, arrived in Edinburgh Turnhouse just after 10 a.m. on Sunday the 23rd and we were of course there to meet her :)

Left Dundee in the rain at 8 a.m. and arrived after about 1h45min later at the St. Andrew's Sq Bus Stn. Edinburgh bathed in sun when we arrived, and the town was packed with people - Rugby Fans is more like it, don't know if they can be called people ;) hihi! Edinburgh hosted the Rugby World Championships that weekend, and there were lots of nationalities all around - mostly Kiwis and Scots though... Scotland - New Zealand was Sunday's game :) Princes street, which in a way could be called the main street/shopping street in Eburgh, was full of Scots dressed in kilts and wearing wigs in lively colours, and bagpipe music was played in all corners! (mind you, bagpipe music can become really annoying in the long run...! something everybody should experience ;))

Before Jessi arrived we had enough time to start with a cup of Starbuck's latte and a walk in the Princes Street Gardens, which was really green and beautiful, and the view of Edinburgh Castle added so much to the experience. After browsing some stores on Princes Street we met up with Jessi - great to see her, even though it's been only about a month since we last saw her... ;) Together with Jessi and her big rugsack we then made our way towards Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile that runs down from the castle - "Don't miss the street life on the Royal Mile" A:s Scottish guide book says, and we definitely didn't! What an experience with the mixture of rugby fans and tourists! Still, we just saw a small part of the Royal Mile, so def. have to get back there! ...especially as we found a Starbuck's up there :P

After being enough touristy for a day, we ended up at an Italian restaurant called Bella Italia, which we found thanx to the Freshers' Fayre @ UAD :) The garlic bread was amazing, so if you ever go there, you just have to try it! Nothing to complain about the pizzas either ;)

The Megabus back to Dundee left St. Andrew's Sq 3.40 p.m., and Jessi saw the first of Dundee at about 6 p.m. Later on Sunday we had some people over; a bunch of French peeps and some Polish - really a fun night! ...and Salmari was really popular, thanx Jessi for that ;) Seems the black look of it didn't at least scare people off, quite the opposite :)