Visits to Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh Castle

Our holiday in Scotland was totally packed, we were busy nearly everyday, which I like to be honest. The first weekend we arrived I went to the Edinburgh Fringe with my sister, we met up with some friends Cori and Colin for some drinks and in the evening we went to see the Irish comedian Ed Byrne. During the days we wondered around watching the street artists, eating and drinking of course.

The second time I went to the Edinburgh International Book Festival with my sister again, we got tickets to see two authors. Kate Hamer and Doug Johnstone, we both really enjoyed the conservations with both authors. I bought both books and got them signed. It was great to go to the book festival and would have loved to see more authors.

Now it is back to the normal life and for Alessio he has started secondary school. The first two days Alessio is having an overnight trip, so technically Wednesday is his first school day.

Wishing everyone a great week

Postcards from Edinburgh

A trip to Scotland without visiting Edinburgh just doesn't seen right, hence why while I was there in April we had a day trip to the city. Along with my father and Alessio we hit the road.

One of the main reasons I wanted to go was to see Dean Village, I had seen lots of lovely pictures from there so I fancied a walk around. I already did a post about Dean Village, so you can check it out if you want to see the photos.

Afterwards we walked up to The Royal Mile and went to The Writers´ Museum, located in Lady
Stair´s Close. We also visited National Museum of Scotland, which we have been to a few times, there is so much to see and do. We went up to the rooftop terrace (when we eventually found the way) and were treated to a lovely view.

Afterwards we slowly made our way back to St.Andrews bus station to take us back to where we had parked the car. Edinburgh is not at all good for parking and when you do find it, it is expensive. My father drove us to a park and ride, which is good value.

Alessio and I will be back in Scotland in August and I will be going to the Edinburgh Fringe along with my sister and her husband. I also hope to visit another time and go to the Edinburgh Book Festival and see one or two of the many authors that come.

Happy Mid Week

Dean Village, Edinburgh

The spring school holidays are finished and we are both back to work and school, for the second week of the holidays we went back to Scotland.

It had been a really long time since we have been to Scotland in fact Christmas 2017, so we were well overdue a visit.

I had planned lots of things to do and see for this week and a few days, one of them being a trip to the capital Edinburgh.

I wanted to visit Dean Village which is a part of Edinburgh as I had seen lots of lovely photos on Instagram. It did not disappoint at all, lovely buildings, houses, and views. The only thing was that it is a small area and did not take long to see. Of course we might have missed out part of the area, not sure. There were lots of other people wondering around too. it has the river Leith flowing through and it is possible to walk all the way to Leith. My father and I think we might try that walk on another visit.

We did lots more on our visit but I will post that another time. Now at home there are some changes going on. Alessio is changing his room to the spare one as it is a bit bigger, he has chosen a new bed, furniture and curtains. The walls are getting painted too, I got rid of lots of stuff and some of mine too from the spare room. It is amazing how much stuff has been collected over the years. It felt good to get rid of it all. Hopefully by the end of May his room will be finished.

Happy Weekend

365 Photo Challenge Days 300 to 311

Day 300: Friday 4th August - Sunset view from plane

Day 301: Saturday 5th August - In Edinburgh restaurant 

Day 302: Sunday 6th August - View of the castle from the Grassmarket

Day 303: Monday 7th August - Alessio in Pittenween

Day 304: Tuesday 8th August - Stopped in Ullapool for our ferry

Day 305: Wednesday 9th August - Dad and Alessio enjoying the sun

Day 306: Thursday 10th August - Stornoway

Day 307: Friday 11th August - Isle of Harris gin distillery

Day 308: Saturday 12th August - House of North Uist

Day 309: Sunday 13th August - South Uist

Day 310: Monday 14th August - Isle of Ersikay

Day 311: Tuesday 15th August - Watching a ferry leave

Time is flying by and soon it is Halloween, I am sure this project is coming to an end now. Although I cannot remember when I begun it, positive it was in October though.

This week I went to KT Tunstall concert in Kaufleuten with my friend Hannah, I had won a free ticket. It was good but would not go again to see her. At work went to the other pumpkin farm in Bächlihof with the kids which was nice. We had a glorious sunshine and everyone enjoyed themselves.

This weekend has nothing special planned just going to see some movies at the cinema, Blade Runner 2049 and maybe The Snowman.

Have a good one!