Kim’s comments are standard
Anne’s comments are italicised
Well after Anne strongly hinted, I thought I’d write about our weekend in Edinburgh. Though I technically think Anne should be writing this entry since I, you know, live in Edinburgh? Nothing we did was new to me.
OH WELL.
Hi.
Friday 28th October
After spending the entire day helping out at an East Asian art conference, I emerged from the Student Union, blinking at the glaring light of day, to pick up Anne from a Costas near the Edinburgh train station. (I think that was quite a poetic sentence)
It was quite a nice day and you can see that Autumn has arrived in full swing.
look at those colours!
On our way back to my flat, after having a quick browse in Top Shop, we bought some salmon and Wensleydale cheese (with cranberries! – my favourite) for dinner, picked up Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls on DVD from the local film rental shop place thing. Quite a quiet night, we had our dinner, watched the films and stuffed our faces with cheese. Sudden realisations and epiphanies were that I definitely did not understand a lot of the jokes in the Ace Ventura films when I was younger, and When Nature Calls is so much better than Pet Detective. Largely because of the slinky bit.
I seem to recall thinking the “she’s a virgin!” scene was the most scandalous thing when I was 8. I was also far too amused by the rhino scene for my current age. Ace Ventura clip, anyone?
Anne and I had scrambled eggs for breakfast before heading to the train station to pick up Fio. It was a lovely day in Edinburgh and actually Fio and Anne picked the perfect weekend to come up and visit. Edinburgh was truly beautiful that weekend (and actually, is incredibly beautiful today as well).
After picking Fio up from the train station we ambled towards Biblos for lunch with a couple other Hong Kong friends. They have a wonderful student discount and the food was okay.
For dinner we went to a little Japanese restaurant. I stuffed my face with sushi and green tea which was a really nice change from eating roasted salmon on what seems to be a daily basis.
So so so delicious! Durham fails at providing good east-Asian food so I got a chance to stock up on sashimi and tempura, score!
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Afterwards of course we had a halloween party to get ready for, so full with sushi we waddled our way back to the flat. Fiona and Anne dressed up as kittens and I was medusa. It was a pretty uneventful flat party. Ahem. Apart from someone getting special attention from a superhero whose costume really was far too tight in the crotch area and then later, an attractive but dull pirate.
No, just dull. (Kim is talking about Fiona here btw, I received no such attention).
On the way home we stopped off at the kebab shop right under my flat, and I found myself getting aggressive because they didn’t give pita bread with their humous, and then trying to get a discount on account of living in the same building. Hm.
ANOTHER incredibly delicious thing, humous/hummus really is the greatest thing ever invented.
Sunday 30th October
We had brunch at my favourite cafe in Edinburgh, Kilimanjaro. Delicious. Preach it!
Then we tackled Arthur’s Seat for the beautiful view of the whole of Edinburgh.
Again, it was a beautiful day but that doesn’t mean we were able to escape the horrific wind at the top of the hill. If you want to illustrate this comment about the wind with your photos Anne, feel free since the one I doesn’t really demonstrate how painful it was.
It was like being whipped in the face for an hour? Worth it.
We then ambled down to the bottom and that’s where I took this pretty picture and realised just how much I love my new phone.
We then headed back to the flat where Fio and Anne packed their bags, and we headed off to another favourite cafe of mine, Black Medicine, for some amazing smoothies and hot chocolate.
They had the greatest jack-o-lantern on display as well, which I think will give you an idea of the kind of place it is (answer: awesome).
AWESOME.
CUTE
Fio hopped on a train at half four and then Anne, Emma and I wandered around Urban Outfitters for a bit, before grabbing our dinner at a nearby Costas. We then came to the horrible realisation that pretty much everything in Edinburgh shuts at 6pm on a Sunday and we had to entertain ourselves till their 8pm train.
All together it was a very lovely weekend. I absolutely love showing off Edinburgh to people and I’m so glad it was a beautiful weekend that allowed me to do so. I’m so pleased Anne and Fio could come up to visit.
Then just over a week later (aka, on Monday) I will be heading to Durham to see Anne for a couple of days! VERY EXCITING.
YES. A much needed break from dreary Durry. Next week: Durham, the lake district and perhaps more? Stay frosty, people.
