As I mentioned in the Tattoo post, we went to Edinburgh for our 2nd wedding anniversary.  What an amazing place.  As I’ve said before, we didn’t get off to a great start, and my mystery tummy pains didn’t help, but despite this I can’t think of anywhere I would rather have been for the weekend.

I can’t believe how much there is to see and do in Edinburgh, especially with the festival in full flow.  We watched the hilarious chicken man from Canada strutting his stuff on the Royal Mile and there were many others to watch as you walked along.  The whisky centre near the castle was a learning experience, and I made a new friend as I couldn’t drink my tasting sample due to my poorly tummy so gave it to an American visitor.  A quick visit to the centre’s scotch shop also scored me bonus daddy’s girl points!  As you may have gathered from my previous post, the tattoo was amazing and the following day we took a trip up to the castle for a look around.  What a view!  The ramparts give you wonderful views of the new city all the way out the the Fourth bridge and beyond.  For all you glitter struck girlies they also have the Scottish crown jewels on display.   My favourite part of the castle was the beautiful little Chapel of St Margaret - perhaps it was something to do with all of the purple that was in there?  All in all, it was a wonderful way to spend the weekend and we shall definitely be going back!