The tale of Grefriars Bobby makes me sob every time: Edinburgh (again)

Edinburgh was amazing (again) & the train trip from London provided some beautiful scenery, even without the copious amounts of daffodils that graced the hills on our last trip. 

Travelling with my family had a weird impact on the photographs I took while we were away - obviously with just the two of us usually there aren't many photographs involving people, so that was a bit different but having access to a smartphone (I have a crappy, but very reliable & never-needs-charging samsung flip phone, no camera, definitely no internet access!) changed the photographs I chose to take with my DSLR. Usually it's glued to my face the whole time we are travelling (with a proper amount of just 'taking-it-all-in' hopefully). Yes, I'm the embarrassing person that pulls out a giant camera no matter where we are. This time I noticed myself taking more photographs on the phone because it was just...easier. The quality is different but so are the photographs themselves - being able to quickly take a picture without hauling out a huge camera was definitely something I enjoyed. I don't think that having constant access to a smartphone would make me shelve the DSLR but it would definitely allow me to take quick snaps of nice everyday things. 

So, the next few blog posts from our trip will have some weirdly square phone pics thrown in (I now have an Instagram account, which for obvious reasons can't be updated very often - although Ben has a fancy phone I can get my hands on every now & then!)

Okay. That's enough ranting about phones/cameras - here are a few pictures from our foggy/rainy/perfectly Scottish week in Edinburgh...

Greyfriars Kirkyard

Coffee at Brew Lab every day

The little flat we stayed in - I do love Airbnb!

We spent our time generally wandering through the city & went to a few of my favourite Edinburgh places, including another trip to Craigmillar Castle where we were greeted with perfect sunshine for the only part of our stay!

Xx

Edinburgh (Part III): Though the sky is grey

Edinburgh (Part II)

My favourite way to meet a new place is to spend time in cafes, hang out in parks, wander around (undoubtedly getting lost along the way) & eat whatever delicious food we come across. Edinburgh is a wonderful to place to get lost in, there is something interesting around every corner & I think you could spend a lifetime exploring it, marvelling at the history of it all.

Here are a few of our favourite places...mostly the whole place to be honest...

Brew Lab: Good coffee is obviously one of the first things on the list when we arrive somewhere new. This was it. 

Carrot cake/Hummingbird cake. Also at Brew Lab...Yum.

I really love this street.

Cheesemonger!

More of Edinburgh soon, plus our crazy adventure out to The Broch!

I hope you have a happy week!
Xx

Edinburgh (Part I)

The second half of our trip was spent in various places around Scotland. We arrived into Edinburgh & spent two days there in amazing sunshine before heading further North into Aberdeenshire (& then back to Edinburgh again!) to visit friends & the town Ben used to live in.

Edinburgh is absolutely beautiful. I was constantly looking around, making silly "ooh-ahhs" & narrowly avoiding bumping into people/stationary objects all over the place. We had it on good advice that Craigmillar was a castle not to be missed so we headed out there one morning & damn was it good! You can wander through the ruins freely, exploring at your own pace, imagining all the life that passed through the crumbling castle walls.

Plants belonging to the friendly family we stayed with in Leith

It was amazing to walk around the ruins, especially in such beautiful sunshine

Edinburgh from Craigmillar

Craigmillar Castle

I already love Edinburgh and will be back in the summer to explore all over again.

Xx