Family Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving, my family came to visit. It was kind of weird not having a proper Thanksgiving but nonetheless very eventful and fun. On the first day, I showed my family around Edinburgh and then, for dinner, we went to a Spanish tapas restaurant, Cafe Andulaz.

The next day I had class while my family took a tour of the city but then we met up afterwards to go to Edinburgh Castle. This was probably good because otherwise I would have never dished out 15 pounds to see yet another castle but the Edinburgh one was particularly amazing because of the view. You can see all of Old and New Town from the top.

On Friday (the day after Thanksgiving), my dad rented a car and we went to Stirling Castle and Linlithgow Palace. Stirling Castle was really cool and there was a tour while Linlithgow was in ruins but still awesome and somewhat maze-like. The pictures from Stirling are first and then Linlithgow. 

It wasn't windy at all. 

That night we went to Spoon with my family from Aberdeen. One of my favorite things about my family's visit (besides their presence) was all of the good food we ate. The night before, we went to one of my favorite bars/pubs in Edinburgh, The Southern, which was equally delicious. 

The last day we went to the National Museum which is free but I had strangely never been. Then, per the suggestion of one of my family members, we went to see the Royal Yacht. I was just expecting a large boat but I was quite wrong. The yacht was the size of a small cruise ship. Located in Leith (slightly outside Edinburgh), the ship contained rooms for all of the royal family and crew along with lots of other [albeit frivolous] fancy rooms. I wanted to take the fam to Arthur's Seat as well but no one had the proper shoe ware. 

That night we went to the Indian Calvary Club which was some of the best Indian food I've ever had (besides my other favorite, 10 to 10 in Delhi, also in Edinburgh). Sasha came with us and there was so much food that me and Sasha had more than enough for another meal the next day. 

All in all I think it was a great trip and it made me feel like an Edinburgh local even though I am clearly not.