I wasn’t really sure of what to expect when I arrived in Edinburgh but I had heard lots of amazing things. My cousin and I arrived in the afternoon and we checked into the Old Waverly Hotel, right in the heart of the city. We, of course were not aware of our location but once we saw it we were quite pleased.
We quickly went to a tourist info store and got all the information we needed to plan our stay here. We decided on not renting a car, mainly because my cousin was the only one driving and she was reasonably tired. So we booked a three day tour going to the Highlands, Isle of Skye, and Loch Ness. We were pleased with this and figured once we returned we could do some day trips but, have a place to call home for about 6 nights in Edinburgh. We found a really cute apartment right on the Royal mile and booked it! One advantage to coming here in November is that we are here during off season so the prices have been better than what we expected.
Once we found a home we set out to get some food. I have to explain, up until now we have been pretty good with our money and how much we are spending on each meal. But we have been eating pretty much what it feels like the same foods. I can say this about the UK and Ireland, they don’t know what good food is! Every thing here is pub food, you can go to a restaurant and order lasagna and they will give you fries with your pasta!!! This has been horrible and the fries are not even good. So what we stared doing was ordering veggies instead and you should see some of the looks we got. People think we are crazy or that we want the veggies and the fries! As if the pasta was not enough.
Anyway, we were desperate for a really great meal, so we got a good recommendation and went to eat at the Tiger Lily. It was great indeed, both my cousin and I were in a food comma after that. We got a bottle of wine, some apps, main entrees, and dessert! The food was very good, healthy (except for the dessert) and not so expensive. Full and happy we went to bed :)
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