Edinburgh, being further north than London, is also a "wee bit" colder. But, that does offer lots of opportunities for delicious ways to warm up...
Leanne and I arrived late last night to Edinburgh. After her fiance picked us up the airport, we went to her apartment for a nice cup of hot tea. And first thing this morning at breakfast? Hot tea. And, after we climbed the famous Arthur's Seat "hill" (more like a rocky, 60ยบ incline; Karen - think Cortona-grade "hill" here...), hot chocolate at a place called Chocolate Soup. And then, while relaxing after we got home? Tea. And tonight, after we made cranberry-simmered eggplant stuffed falaffel balls for dinner? Hot spiced pear cider. Mmmm. There are definitely upsides to living somewhere cold.
The hot chocolate after the hike would have been yet another count for tea today, but the tea house we stopped in was out of scones to go with it. Out of scones?? It's like a bakery saying they ran out of icing for cakes. Or a deli running out of bread for the sandwiches. As
it would be quite defeating the purpose to have afternoon tea without a scone to accompany it, we opted for the hot chocolate. And it was a delicious choice. It really was like eating a chocolate soup it was so rich. But, still not quite as thick as Italian hot chocolate...
Edinburgh is beautiful. It's another place where time periods clash: there are old stone buildings, and a castle perched atop a hill just on the outskirts of part of the city. But, the new parliament building is quite the modern piece of work... angles at every opportunity,
rocks protruding from cement, and plenty of other oddities. There are several other buildings in the town which have very modern architecture, in addition to the modern businesses, such as restaurants, drug stores and retail locations, that reside in the old stone buildings left from ages past. But it's this strange conglomeration of times and styles that I find I enjoy. It's a way of seeing history as a living thing, that you can interact with in your everyday life. It's something I just haven't seen in America, mostly because we just don't have anything that old.
Anyhow, that's about it for now. I'll look forward to writing more later!
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