{pretty illustration from Cheism}
Did you know it’s pronounced Edin-boro, not Edin-burg? Errrr. Me too, I definitely knew that.
Anyway, I’m headed to Edin-boro this afternoon with a few of the girls from my book club. We’re not especially good at the reading books part of book club, but it’s a great excuse to get together every month, have dinner and catch up. (And we all seem to read a ton of books other than the book club book, so at least we’re not total dummies!) We thought it would be a fun extension of book club to go away for the weekend – and of course there were grand plans to read a book about the place. That didn’t quite happen, but we’re excited to explore Edinburgh anyway!
We have done very little planning, so most of what we end up doing will be spontaneous. But we do have a couple things (loosely) planned:
1. Underground Vaults. Modern Edinburgh is built on top of old underground vaults and you can take a tour of them. I’m hoping I won’t be too claustrophobic!
2. Edinburgh Castle. Apparently there’s a big castle on a big hill. Count me in!
3. Paper Sculptures. I posted about these intricate mystery sculptures a few months ago. I’m hoping we’ll get to see one or two in person.
4. Arthur’s Seat. We’re going to take a hike up to the top of this volcanic rock. I’m excited for the great view of the city we’ll get!
5. Prince’s Street. I can’t wait to wander around Princes Street, stop into cafes for tea to warm up, and do a lot of people watching.
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you are adorable! love the new glasses. edinburgh is hands down my favorite city i’ve travelled to. so romantic. when i was pregnant with matilda i bought my husband the “this is edinburgh” book. have you seen it? it’s great.
Thanks, Lesley! I can totally see why Edinburgh is your favorite city. I had the most wonderful time and can’t wait to go back! Must look up that book – I felt like we did tons but probably missed a lot as well. It’s the kind of city you’d almost need to live in for a few months to really exhaust all the possibilities.
Lucky you! Edinburgh is one of my favourite cities. There are sound great second hand bookshops in the grassmarket area your bookclub could check out : )
We loved the Grassmarket area – we checked out one second hand book shop that had the loveliest old maps and prints as well. And then I got stuck in Analogue Books for entirely too long – we need a franchise in Dublin!