{"id":16868,"date":"2016-09-24T15:41:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T15:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=16868"},"modified":"2017-02-11T13:53:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T13:53:19","slug":"edinburgh-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/edinburgh-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Day #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Photos from 24 September 2016, posted online 7 January 2017. \u00a0Two posts in one day? \u00a0No way!<\/em>]<\/p>\n

On the Saturday we walked around downtown some more, did some more shopping, then ventured up to the castle hill, but didn’t stay there very long. \u00a0In the evening we took a taxi to an opulent restaurant<\/a> in an old manor<\/a>. \u00a0It was delightful! (47 images total)<\/p>\n

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Totally awake, waiting for breakfast<\/a>. (I’m amazed we made it there by 10 am!)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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We again hunted for stuff on Princes Street, and the next time the camera came up was when we stopped for lunch at this scenic restaurant<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The place turned out to be at the top floor of a big fancy department store, and it was very busy. We managed to get two 2-person tables, and only after haggling for a bit with the waiter were we allowed to push them together!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Finnur steeling himself for eating lunch just with the wifey. (No, he’s just ordering stuff… I hope!)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The food arrived, and was sadly not very fantastic.<\/p><\/div>\n

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After lunch we decided we’d had enough of shopping, and went hiking towards the castle. \u00a0That’s not it!<\/p><\/div>\n

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That backdrop is what’s to the left of the castle.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Totally still teenagers.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Take two, now with a more impressive backdrop.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Adda and Halli, looking dapper.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Walking past a crowd listening to a rock band…<\/p><\/div>\n

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… with a bag-pipe player.<\/p><\/div>\n

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That dark tower looks ominous!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Finally at the hill!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Looking back to where we’d come from.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tunnels! These must have been fun to navigate in the old days.<\/p><\/div>\n

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On the castle hill, but still away from the castle. We didn’t really go there, somebody had told us it’s a lot more impressive from outside.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In tourist shop land.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yup.<\/p><\/div>\n

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We walked a little ways to visit the cafe where Harry Potter was written<\/a>, and found…<\/p><\/div>\n

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… a long line, so we didn’t enter. At this point in time, both Adda and Finnur had run out of walking batteries, so they took a taxi home.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Halli and I decided to implement plan “Introverts Unite!” which means we split up, and each made our way back to the hotel, solo. I stopped at this cafe, mostly to secretly charge my Pokemon-drained phone.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Excellent excuse for sitting down by a power outlet, and charging a phone.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The entry to the cafe was all medieval.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A theatrical-looking tour-guide.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lots of stately houses!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Time to walk back.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The classic floating beggars.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Now, what was this? We’d heard loud techno-music throughout the day as we’d been shopping. Turns out it was an actual music festival, held under the castle hill.<\/p><\/div>\n

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BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!!!<\/p><\/div>\n

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I made it to the hotel just in time to get ready for dinner. We took a taxi to Prestonfield house\/hotel<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Finnur at the Rhubarb restaurant<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Opulence, and Halli!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Halli’s revenge.<\/p><\/div>\n

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All of us ended up taking photos of the restrooms when we went there!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Feeling faint?<\/p><\/div>\n

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The guy-side. Not very faint-y!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Adda floating on a happy cloud.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mmmmm…<\/p><\/div>\n

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Looking into one of two dining rooms. \u00a0Our only complaint was that it got a bit warm in there, before a couple vacated a window seat, and the waiter could open the window.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Once we were done eating, we had a hard time leaving the place. So we wandered around a bit, and found these impressive drawings, from what appeared to be the Edinburgh of old.<\/p><\/div>\n

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One example.<\/p><\/div>\n

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I tried out a weird chair.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Eventually we stumbled into a lounge of sorts, where we ordered some cocktails.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Not minimalism!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Impossible to resist chilling out!<\/p><\/div>\n

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At long last we decided it was time to go, but we left with some very nice memories.<\/p><\/div>\n

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[Photos from 24 September 2016, posted online 7 January 2017. \u00a0Two posts in one day? \u00a0No way!<\/em>]<\/p>\n

On the Saturday we walked around downtown some more, did some more shopping, then ventured up to the castle hill, but didn’t stay there very long. \u00a0In the evening we took a taxi to an opulent restaurant<\/a> in an old manor<\/a>. \u00a0It was delightful! (47 images total)<\/p>\n

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Totally awake, waiting for breakfast<\/a>. (I’m amazed we made it there by 10 am!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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