Musical promotion on High Street
Hi all,
Here I am again, back from Edinburgh a week ago. Allow me to begin this post with the picture above. I went to Edinburgh during the Art & Music festival, so this picture was a frequent scene on High Street. The guys & girls above attracted people’s attention and invited them to their performance would either happen later that afternoon or at night. Here are some notable pictures about muscials here:
Musical on High Street – 2
Musical – 3
We were welcome to Edinburgh with nice weather: sunshine & blue sky. Ideal for walking around the city center and enjoy the Festival 🙂
Nice weather @ Edinburgh – 1st day
Another catch on High Street. Can you guess what they are???
Guess who he is
You can easily recognise Mario, Tatty Bear, A monkey climbing coconut tree, An octopus and the little Mermaid. Then you’ll wonder who’s behind these childhood characters? There he is!!!
And this is the “creator” 🙂
The guy was good at posing himself and his happiness in front of his customers 🙂 I can tell you, every little girl who was there all wanted to have a little mermaid. For me? I want the octopus & the monkey on the coconut tree!!! And just realize, I was the oldest customer there, haha.
Next, we kept walking, crossed a bridge and the Edinburgh castle appeared from afar…
Edinburgh castle from afar
Guess how this picture was taken??? On the bus, through the window, hehe. For those who want to travel to Edinburgh, the transportation fee in Edinburgh is really cheap, compared to London. It only cost me 3.5 pounds for a bus day ticket.
- Edinburgh castle from afar – 2 (actually from the bus window)
I walked to some other places, like the Whiskey experience, a kilt company, etc.. But I was engrossed in whiskey tasting and looking at the kilt, tartar, cashmere and lamb wool scarves, etc. that I forgot to take the pictures 😀
After the feast for the eyes, comes the real feast for the hungry stomachs. We came across this small restaurant on Trip advisor website and it was really good. The decoration of the restaurant somehow made me feel like I was having dinner in a Greek restaurant, not in Edinburgh. It was worth trying with seafood & nice weather outdoor.
Dinner! Dinner! Dinner!!!
Mussel hot pot
- California haggis
Oysters
It’s dinner time!
The 2nd mussel hot pot
- John Knox House & Storytelling Center
After dinner, we walked around the city. If you like architecture, you may want to visit the John Knox House & Scottish Storytelling Center, where the old and new are connected and attached to each other harmoniously. John Knox House was the home of James Mossman, goldsmith to Mary Queen of Scots. Come and see the story of the heritage yourself! And it’s free!
On our way, we also caught the fireworks of the Military Tatoo. It was a pity that we couldn’t get the tickets because they were sold out until 15 August. Unbelievable! Anyway, they said that one of the performance will be broadcast on BBC. Just wait for that.
Fireworks during the Military Tatoo performance
The next day started also on High Street. However, I decided to try something else: Henna.
Henna on High Street
- Henna done!
Back a bit to London, on Saturday, I went to Southall and it was crowded because people went shopping to prepare for Eid Mubarack! Can you believe it? Girls and women were sitting and getting their Henna done or waiting for their turns. And the patterns were so nice and delicate!!! Again, I forgot about the camera 😀 I bought some Indian sweets & Rasomalai home from Ambala store to eat as well. hehe. Athough I’m not Muslim, I also enjoy Eid Mubarack 🙂
Back to the Edinburgh trip, this time I was lucky to have a photo of the Edinburgh castle on my background 🙂
Me & Edinburgh castle
Few minutes break in M&S for food – this is what Henna would look like after it dried
After the break, we started walking around the city again. On my way, a little angel chasing a seagull came into my view in the park:
A little angel chasing a seagull
The close-up of the liltte angel
How cute she is, the little angel!
We ended our trip with the dinner in Saigon Saigon restaurant. It was dinner time but they still served dimsum. The dimsum was yummy and the price was reasonable as well. If you like dimsum in a limited budget, you can give it a try here.
Dinner again @ Saigon Saigon Restaurant
Mixed veg stir fry
Roasted duck & pork
After that, we waited to board the coach to go back to London.
Well, that’s all for my Edinburgh trip. If you travel to Scotland, don’t forget to try Haggis, the Scottish tradintional food, and get a chance to try Kilt & Tartar, the Highland traditional dress. Still, I save the Scottish Highland and Loch Ness for my future visit to Scotland 🙂
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