literally another aussie in london

literally in edinburgh

I was in Edinburgh last week.

I liked it. Any city that you can walk around even when you are lost without getting tired has a friend in me.

Although it took me a while to get the whole “everything is a bridge” concept.

I went up to the castle, it was ok.

Bought a magic slim wallet.

Went to their wacky parliament building, in which you can just sort of walk around like you own the place, and spent a great deal of time trying to work out exactly what drugs the architect was on.

Enjoyed walking around their hills, that is fun, not alot of fat people in Edinburh, they all have heart attacks i guess.

I went on a ghost tour, cause if i was in Roswell I’d go on an alien tour, more on that later.

I ate lots of seafood. For some reason I never thought of places that cold and seafood went together, but after my 40th oyster i realised cold weather seafood was good.

There was also some haggis eaten, it was ok, not my thing though. I preferred Wannaburger.

And most importantly I learnt how to drink whisky.

You can’t learn how to drink whisky on a whisky tour, although i did that too (and it was a good tour, lots of free whisky), the best way was in some old pub sitting around watching the old guys do it.

House whisky (a cheap blend, the good stuff is too expensive for a weekday), with water in it, and half pint of lager to wash it down with.

I am now a whisky drinker, although I don’t always need the half pint of lager.

You can’t ask for more from a holiday to leave as a beer drinker, and come back as a whisky drinker.

Thank you, Edinburgh.

November 23, 2009 Posted by Jrod | edinburgh | alcohol, edinburgh, fast food, food, travel, whisky | 2 Comments