Crisps

Iris: I'd like a glass of water and some ...uh. Crisps. Yeah.
Bartender: Tap water, and what flavor crisps?
Iris: Flavor? Uh. Normal? Plain? Those there. *points*

My flatmate tells me I should've asked for "ready-salted", apparently the equivalent of "normal" potato chips. This language barrier makes things exciting.

To market, to market

I finally found a good day (rather, a good two hours. It began pouring immediately afterwards) in which to take a photo tour of the city. Or rather, more specifically, a photo tour of my route to the grocery store. As the summer wears on, perhaps I'll actually spend some time in a few of these tourist traps. Or perhaps not.

I've drawn out the grocery route above. It starts at the bus stop along Princes St. (after work)

Royal Scottish Academy and National Gallery

Princes Street

Old Town (I like the way it looks. It's very Edinburgh)

The view of Old Town over Waverely Bridge

Market St., with the Edinburgh Dungeon on the left.

We took an early turn, need to take a side-street/stairway up to Cockburn St. There's usually a restaurant or two tucked away along these "closes".

Cockburn St. Kitschy shopping (a lot more open & full when not on a Sunday).

Cross the Royal Mile which leads to Edinburgh Castle, but I take it the other way. To South Bridge/Nicolson St.

South Bridge/Nicolson St. It gets progressively more residential and city-ish.

Tesco Metro Supermarket!!

A (former?) church, as I walk along the Royal Mile.

Victoria St. has some more small shops, and it leads directly to Grassmarket.

Grassmarket, the place of many pubs and former hangings.

Another angle of Edinburgh Castle, peering over Grassmarket.

And that's it! (Grassmarket is literally a 2 minute walk from my doorstep)