Edinburgh 2015

I went very food centric for the second collage! But there were just so many gorgeous restaurants and cafes and bakeries ahhhh. It was honestly sooooo hard to pick just 18 photos from my trip to Edinburgh, it's just such a beautiful, photogenic city. 

1// A sign in Pleasance Courtyard directing you to he venues. 2// We went to the Military tattoo on the first night we were there and it poured for the solid 2 hours of the show which was in a open air stadium. When we got back to the hotel it looked as though we'd sat in a bath fully clothed, but the show itself was beautiful none the less! 3// My dad, sister and me at Edinburgh Castle, which was lovely. 4// The path to the Beach at St Andrews 5// A view of the ocean in St Andrews 6// Another View of Edinburgh Castle sitting proudly on the remnants of a volcano. 7// St Andrew's Cathedral 8// The sea from St Andrew's again (I really like the sea okay? And the weather was really nice this day haha!). 9// My sister and I went down to look at the rock pools and found lots of tiny fish.

1//The day before we left there was a little food market in Leith where we were staying and I got s gorgeous green juice and freshly baked croissant for breakfast. 2// Is that not the cutest menu board/cafe name you have ever seen? 3// I really just thought that the labels were super pretty. 4// Me and my sister got Wagmamas take out one day 5// How could I not buy macarons from Patisserie Valerie and Fudge from the oldest Fudge House in Edinburgh? 6//Between shows me and the sis grabbed some frisky Froyo with brownies and oreos(me) and brownies and gummy bears (her). 7// How pretty does everything in Patisserie Valerie look. 8// I officially think all macaroons should be presented on Eiffel Towers. 9// The first night, before we went to the military tattoo, we went to the most delicious Kurdish restaurant right next to the castle and I had Shawarma and Baklava. It was the best meal I have ever eaten.

The rather important bit that none of these photos actually show is the Fringe Festival itself. Whilst in Edinburgh I saw loads of performances; theatre shows, musicals, live music, spoken word and comedy stand up shows. The highlight of which was either 'Thrones! The Musical' which was an absolutely hilarious musical parody of Game of Thrones or 'Austentatious' which was an entirely improvised play in the style of Jane Austen. I also really enjoyed 'Yve Blake Lie Collector' who's on Youtube if you want a peek, 'Pippin' Performed by Cambridge Uni Musical Theatre Society and 'Jon Cozart- Laughter ever after' who you may also know from Youtube, his Channel is called Paint. After the show we met him and had a chat and he was a lovely fella, my sister got his autograph and a photo with him too. The Fringe is definitely an experience I would recommend to anyone, not only is the whole atmosphere in Edinburgh amazing at this time of year but with such a variety of entertainment available, there really is something for everyone. I would also genuinely and wholeheartedly recommend a trip to Edinburgh regardless of the time of year because of what a beautiful, friendly and interesting city it is.

Sorry it took so long to get this posted, I hope you enjoyed reading about my travels...