I could not leave Nottingham without doing some serious cooking in a kitchen and I made the most of it, cooking every night we stayed there. I made some of our weekly favourites from home including chicken and leek pies, stir fry and fish. It was so nice we didn’t want to leave but to say goodbye to the Nott we headed out to a high ropes course called Go Ape in the Sherwood Forest. It was so much fun where we headed up into the tree tops and did some zip lines from tree to tree and climbed many ladders and ropes, some a little too high, but I’d highly recommend it to anyone who loves outdoor activities.
Back to London we headed and luckily the weather was still
holding out for us. We were very excited
to be able to catch the end of the Paralympics and headed out in the sunshine
to see the marathon races. It was mind
blowing to see such inspiring athletes putting in 110% no matter where they were
coming in the race. After spending many hours out on the streets we decided to
head across to the River Thames to grab a bite to eat for lunch as the Thames festival
was on. I decided on a chorizo salad,
which was super tasty, and I loved being able to eat it overlooking St Pauls
cathedral and watching the boats go by.
A very relaxing day before spending the evening catching up with a
friend from home, an awesome way to say goodbye for London.
As I have mentioned we are already in Edinburgh, after a
nine hour bus trip I might add, and have decided we will settle down here and
look for a place to live and work over the winter. I am not sure why we decided on Edinburgh as
it is simply freezing and I can guarantee that summer is now over for
sure. It is however a beautiful city and
the people are very friendly, it’s a little scary that we have chosen a place
so similar to Ballarat when the one thing we hate about it is the weather at
winter! Anyway we have spent a lot of
time looking for a place to live (I am not sure how much longer I can tolerate sharing
a room with 6 or so other people) so do not have a great deal to report on the
city so far. We have done a few of the
tourist things though including walking the famous Royal Mile (where there is sa small street called Jackson's Close), checking out the
school that was J.K Rowling’s inspiration for Hogwarts as well as the cafe she supposedly
wrote the first two books in and went to say hi to good old Dolly the Sheep,
the first ever cloned sheep. We are yet
to go into the castle or walk Arthurs seat but once we settle down they are top
of our list and the views of them both from the city are breathtaking.
So on to what you have all been waiting for, the Scottish food
I have been taste testing. Well firstly
I have to admit I have now had my first bowl of soup which to me says winter is
definitely here! It was cauliflower and was actually very tasty alongside my fish
finger roll from a really nice pub. But
the most traditional thing that is a must try when in Scotland was Haggis,
Neeps and Tatties. It took me at least 3
days before I would try this as the thought of eating a sheep’s lungs, heart
and liver all mixed together was a little too gut wrenching for me but I
plucked up the courage and I must admit it was surprisingly delicious. The whisky sauce it is served with is a
welcome change to all the ketchup that we have eaten recently but I would definitely
try it again and recommend to all of those visiting Scotland. Oh and I almost forgot yesterday we stumbled across the parade of Team GB's Olympian's proudly displaying their medals in the pouring rain from an open top bus. The streets were lined with locals showing thier support for the Athletes so it was certainly worth a few drops of rain.
Rereading this it is a very short update for you, but I
should get back to finding a place to live so you can all come and visit just
to try some Haggis! Wish me luck as we
have an inspection tonight and fingers crossed it works out so you can get some
delicious homemade updates sooner rather than later! xx
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