My first full day in Edinburgh

For my first full day in Edinburgh, I awoke to lovely fine weather (I've been told not to get used to that).

Helen and I left the house about 9am and first of all walked and bused up to Princes Street. Most shops weren't open and the street was quiet. We walked down the street taking in some window shopping and a few sites, then headed up to the top of Royal Mile and down to the bottom. That took in a good couple of hours. Everything eventually got busier around us as shops opened and tourists awoke.

The city is beautiful, very green, and so much to see in the way of heritage.

Next we caught a bus to Ocean Terminal where we did a little shopping and purchased a dinner set so we have something to eat off. Ocean Terminal is home to Royal Brittania and I got to see her from the outside, but will save the visit for another day.

We took our dinner set home, then headed off to Tesco to do some grocery shopping. That took quite some time, my head spinning with all different brands and flavours. Helen wanted me to cook nachos which is one of our favourites, it took us quite a while to find suitable ingredients but the end result was quite tasty.

I was starting to expire due to jet lag, but Helen didn't want me crashing too early so we headed out again about 7pm to Asda/Wal-Mart for a look around plus we purchased an ironing board. It's a beauty, the cover is white with multi-coloured polka dots. On the way home I really was falling asleep, holding on tight to the ironing board, waking only for when the bus went around sharp corners or braked suddenly. Helen was wishing she had the camera as apparently it was so funny.

Well enough excitement for one day, and now job hunting commences.