It was a very dreary day for most of the day! About 6 pm, it started to clear in Edinburgh, but otherwise it was dull. Edinburgh more than made up for the naff weather!
I got up almost as early this morning as I do for work. Ugh! I made porridge (and a good thing that was--it kept me honest for the day) for breakfast and headed over to Jeff's. We drove to York and took the 0840 train to Edinburgh. It was great! I had a Starbuck's skinny latte while we were wating for the train and a couple of cups of coffee on the way. First class rocks! We got to Edinburgh around 1215 and went to Khublai Khan for lunch. They have a 2 course deal that was pretty good. I had carrot and ginger soup followed by 2 trips to the BBQ bar. For the first trip I had some noodles, lots of veggies and a few strips of beef and for the second trip I had a little rice and the rest veggies. It was very yummy and I didn't stuff myself so I think I'm OK.
We went to the National Gallery to see the Impressionist Gardens exhibit and it was great! Lots of Monets, as you would expect, but a lot of other folks too including 4 Pissarros, 4 Van Goghs and a Sargent. There were lots of paintings, but it was a totally different focus to the exhibit I saw in August in Rouen. They did a fabulous job putting this exhibit together.
They kicked us out of the gallery at 5 pm, so we wandered over to Costa Coffee to wait on the return train. I had another skinny latte while we waited. There were engineering works at Haymarket (I think), so the train was a little late. We got back to York by 10 pm and after a small adventure finding the place to pay for parking (L13.50!! Jesse James needed a mask and gun for that!) we headed home. I haven't had as much water today as the rest of the week and I can tell! I'll have to work on re-hydrating tomorrow.
I'm a little hungry, but it's too late to eat. I'll drink a big glass of water before I go to bed. It's stretches and off to bed...
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