Edinburgh.....finally

Well, after arriving in Scotland about 15 months ago we finally made the trip 2 1/2 hours East to Edinburgh.

Even so this trip wasn't undertaken through any particular touristic zeal but because Eva's cousin Michael was up North from London for a few days R&R between jobs.

We caught up with Michael on Wednesday night after not having seen him since Christmas '03 and it was really, really good to see him.

We have both been catching up on each others movements based on 2nd and 3rd hand news for the last few years so all the details and bits and pieces were great to hear. Michael was only up for the night so after dinner and coffee the following day he was away but we are now pretty convinced that we are going to visit him in London sometime soon. Can you believe that despite both of us having our cameras on us the whole time we forgot to get any photos together?!?

As for Edinburgh itself we had a bit of a wander through both the Old and New Towns which were very appealing, overlooked by the castle of course. Despite having seen loads of programs on Edinburgh we weren't really prepared for how looming the castle really is. Thursday was a day of gale force winds so perhaps not the best time to be looking around but we've decided to knuckle down to another trip over soon to have a proper look about and see the inside of the castle.

Eva has just discovered she has a second cousin is in Ed at the moment so we could make it a bit of a reunion city....

Photo: Posing in front of the Castle on a rather windy day (Adam has since had a haircut)