Archive for May, 2007

Insomnia

Tuesday, 29th of May 2007

I hate it when this happens: I’m tired, in bed and my body is nevertheless refusing to go to sleep. Instead my mind keeps bombarding me with thoughts and I can’t relax. After an hour I finally gave up tonight and got up before I woke up my wife.
I’m not sure what causes this sleep [...]

Tales of French Chocolate and Scottish Hills

Thursday, 10th of May 2007

On our last morning in Edinburgh we decided to skip the breakfast in the Hotel and instead go to a cafe. My wife suggested to visit the Plaisir du Chocolat, a french style tearoom near Canongate. Because I’m a huge fan of chocolate it wasn’t very difficult for her to persuade me.
And it was indeed [...]

Edinburgh Castle

Wednesday, 9th of May 2007

As I was feeling much better this morning my wife and I decided to resume our original plan and visit the castle today. Instead of walking up the Royal Mile we approached from Grassmarket. This provided us with an impressive view of the castle from below.

After climbing up a lot of stairs we reached the [...]