Tuesday 17 April 2007

Mexican in Edinburgh

One thing that Scotland doesn't have much of is decent Mexican food. (Although, they make up for it by having lots and lots of Indian food, in my opinion.)

Our friend Jason (also an American expatriate living in Scotland) recommended a restaurant called Mariachi in the heart of Edinburgh, and we went there with our friend Stephie who was visiting from the Bay Area. It was very good, and after dinner we went on an underground ghost tour.

Thanks for the dinner, Stephie, and come back and visit soon!


Tuesday 3 April 2007

Edinburgh flat photos

OK, as promised here are some photos of our place in Edinburgh! We'll post more in the near future (as Joanna "feng shui'd" the living room and it looks even better as I sit here and type this).


Freya lounges in the living room's bay window - it's her new favourite sunny spot

We love the kitchen - much more room than our Aberdeen place, and a big window looking out to a cricket field (to US readers: That's the sport, not the insect ;-)) and Inverleith Park.

Looking out the living room window to the right/west

Freya peeks in the bathtub...

...but doesn't want to jump in (smart cat)

There's a long hallway between the bathroom/kitchen end of the flat and the bedroom/livingroom end. The coats are hanging on the entrance/exit door, and we're looking into the bedroom, and to the right you can see into the living room a bit (and I just noticed you can still spot Freya in her sunny spot :-)).

Another living room shot - we like the wooden floors

The gas fireplace in the living room is Freya's favourite evening spot.

Notice the ceiling trim - it looks like a fertility motif