Besides cemetery, we also wandered around Grassmarket after our visit to the castle. As you can see in the photo above, the castle is just above Grassmarket. We walked down the stairs from there and ended up here. It was kinda like the same way when we got to the Castle Terrace in the morning for the weekend market. If you have strong knees, Edinburgh is very very walkable if you knew where all the shortcut stairs are!
As this was a Saturday, the Grassmarket was packed with people just chilling out in the lovely Spring weather. There were lots of eating places here, and everyone seems to love outdoor seating. Do they not have crows or bird who sits on you here???? There was also a weekend market nearby, almost similar to the one at Castle Terrace in the morning that I suspect maybe like the Pasar Malam in Penang, the vendors also travel around to different location based on a set schedule.
I didn't really budgeted for much sit down dine in, so we just mainly walked around looking at the beautiful historical shops here. Above is the Beehive Inn. I love the way they named all the pubs and hotels and inn. It's so fantasy world to me! And their decoration was almost always equally whimsical. On my next trip, I hope to focus more on pubs and bookstore which I didn't really managed to do on my first trip here. I felt dining-in in Scotland was just so expensive. We have yet to dine at any restaurant except Oink since we arrived in Scotland. And with M&S so near our hotel, we didn't really need to. So most of our dining was outside of Edinburgh :P
The White Hart Inn, so majestic in deco. I wander how much does it cost a night here? Would it really felt like an old inn? Ha, so after googling it, it's just a historical pub and no longer serve as an inn. But for your info, nightly accommodation nearby is around 164sgd to 344sgd here. In comparison, our place at Premium Inn Royal Mile cost us around 200sgd too, but at least we were near the train station.
We saw this paella stall at the weekend market here, and I didn't managed to eat it because I hesitated whether to eat it. It cost around 12pounds for the seafood paella, but when I decided to go queue up and buy one, they told me they were sold out and closed for the day..... Luckily for me, we were going to visit another Sunday market in Stockbridge the next day, so hopefully I'll see them there as well. If I do, I will not hesitate again! I know that paella is actually Spanish, but I just love eating this, especially with sour cream and lemon wedges. I do cook this at home too, but I use a rice cooker, which doesn't have the charred aroma when cooked in a pan like this. I also skim on the sour cream and lemon wedges. If I feel rich I might add yogurt and calamansi :P
As night near, we started walking back towards the new town. The building anywhere in Edinburgh is as lovely.
We saw a few themed cafe and restaurant along the way too. Here is one on Wizard of Oz. At the time of our visit, Wicked was not released yet, so this was just a down to earth Oz Bar. I bet they have cash in since after the released of Wicked. If not, what a waste of oppurtunity!
There was also this Frankenstein Restaurant which I was interested in. It only opens at night, and the menu mainly consist of pizza and cocktails, so I decided that it was probably a cheesy place. They do have a coffin inside where the monster come to life periodically! lol. I don't know why, I love these cheesy things, but I won't spend my money on them, not unless they are really very money woof!
On our way back, we finally walked through the colourful street of Victory Street, or Diagon Alley for Harry Porter fans! There is a Harry Porter themed shop here, and I will tell you all about it in my next post!
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