back home from edinburgh

Edinburgh was as gorgeous as ever. We had a fabulous time and managed to pack in visits to all family members both east and west coast.

We went for a walk round the city on saturday night finished by a drink in the lovely cafe royal. I had forgotten what a beautiful interior it has with all the old tiles and the leather seats in the little half moon 'booths'. We stayed in a really swanky top floor flat on Thistle Street a couple of doors away from my old flat which was a very strange coincidence. The flat looks as if it is up for sale too.

We didn't shop much unfortunately but I did get some pictures on penhaligons window on george street. their current display uses a backdrop of photographic wallpaper with old vintage books. They have some lovely old glass bottles too and bowler hats.

My Dad's 60th was a blast too. Great meal in Iglu then lots of family chat and general catch up. My cousins were nearly all there so we had a good blether.

We had lovely weather too and took Katherine to Princes Street Gardens to play on the swings and then walked through the gardens and saw the flower clock under construction. I used to go and see the flower clock as a wee girl so it was nice to show it to my wee girl (even though it wasn't quite completed). Edinburgh Castle looked really imposing in the sunlight and the set up for the Edinburgh Millitary Tatoo was well underway too.

It was lovely to be back in Scotland and it's inspired us to try to get there more often.