Posted in City of Edinburgh, Scotland on May 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
There are lots of exciting things happening in Edinburgh nowadays! On the home front, we’ve been doing a tonne of spring cleaning since our landlady wants to show the flat to potential tenants this weekend. She specified that she wants it to look “tidy” and “the same as when you moved in” … which means [...]
Posted in City of Edinburgh, Scotland on Apr 30th, 2007 No Comments »
Where better to enjoy a sunny day than the Royal Botanic Garden? We wandered over for a visit yesterday afternoon. Admission is free, but they’re sneaky and they plant an ice cream truck right by the entrance! Once you’re in, the colour explosion is pretty intense: Apparently the Botanics was founded in 1670 but has [...]
Posted in City of Edinburgh, Scotland on Apr 27th, 2007 No Comments »
We took a little walk around the neighbourhood yesterday, to enjoy the sunshine and stretch our legs a bit. We met this oddly shaped hedge which we could only guess is meant to represent a caterpillar? People here seem to go a bit nutty with the landscaping … it’s nice now that spring is definitely [...]