After the half marathon, my Mom kindly took us out for mussels at the Mussel Inn. There is nothing like celebrating with 1kg of mussels, fresh bread, and some cold white wine.
The next day, mom left us to explore on her own so Lee and I visited the Scotch Whisky Experience, which surprisingly neither of us had ever visited. The beginning of the tour is somewhat cheesy (picture sitting in slow-moving faux whisky barrels as some kind of ghost explains the manufacturing process) but the presentation at the end was really very interesting. We were instructed as to the four main flavours of Scotch Whisky. Now I know why I don't usually like whiskys from the Islay region - too peaty!
The tour ended with a tasting in this gorgeous room.
I also had never visited the National Museum of Scotland, even though I passed it every day on my walk to the university. It was a great place to visit for several reasons: 1) it's free; (2) it's pretty; (3) it has a great kids' section; and (4) it has a great view of the city. [Apparently the restaurant is fab as well but it was a little too pricey for us.] To be fair, we probably spent too much time in the kids' section.
Instead of lunch at the museum, we popped into Oink for lunch, where we split a hot pork roll. Soooo not healthy but ever so tasty.
On a non-Edinburgh related note, we went into the Jack Wills store as there isn't one near us at home. It kind of reminds me of Abercrombie & Fitch, but with much better lighting. I couldn't help myself from taking a picture of the changing room. It was bigger than our spare bedroom (and better decorated)!!!
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I LOVE the pictures!!! How I envy your trip and say thank you for the little package I received yesterday!!!!! The post card from Valvona & Crolla as well as the sticker made my week! I've put the postcard in my cube as a happy reminder!
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