No one whose ever gone to Edinburgh has ever said a bad word about the place and now that I’ve been there I can finally see why. Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital, is at times modern and ancient and at all times a beautiful city with plenty to entertain during the day and night, and not to mention there being plenty of places for good food.

Sandra and I chose to visit at what must be one of the busiest times for Edinburgh – festival period! With both the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe Festival, and a whole host of other festivals such as the Military Tattoo, Book Festivals, going on this weekend it was definitely that – busy busy busy!

Although it was very busy, going at this time of year actually worked out fairly well for us – with Tourist Edinburgh (as I like to call the usual sights and attractions) occupying us during the day and Festival Edinburgh entertaining us at night. The only draw back to this heavy schedule was finding the time to fit in all the fine foods, especially with me pigging out on Full Scottish breakfast every morning …