Some goodies we brought back home from our Edinburgh trip!
Let’s start with some of the local beer:
Some of the small bottles of whisky that I tried out:
… and the winner I brought home (for this time) was Glen Scotia Single Malt Scotch Aged 15 Years. My new favourite!
Edinburgh Castle Rock Whisky:
Bought at “City of the Dead” Giftshop after the tour:
Not far from the hotel we found a music/DVD shop called “Fopp”…
…where I found some vinyls and CD’s:
Vinyls: Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare (Purple Gatefold Vinyl, reissue) & Killer (Gatefold, reissue) / Ghost: Meliora & Prequelle (Splatter Vinyl) / Morbid Angel: Blessed Are the Sick (Gatefold) / Rob Zombie: Astro-Creep 2000 Live (Gatefold)
Cd’s: Autopsy: Macabre Eternal / Coroner: R.I.P. (reissue) / Ghost: Opus Eponymous, Meliora & Prequelle (with 3d cover) / Dark Fortress: Tales From Eternal Dusk (reissue) / Marduk: Dark Endless (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) / Ministry: Amerikkkant / Moonspell: 1755
Fudge!
Some cool tees for the lady. There was a nice shop in the shopping mall close to the hotel, where Vanja found some clothes. She’s always told me how difficult it can be for women to shop clothes since the sizes can vary so much, depending on the brand. This time I got to see this for myself.. she shopped clothes there and most of them in size Medium, but one t-shirt had to be bought in Small, and one had to be bought in Large. The photo below displays a t-shirt size Small (to the left) and the one to the right is Large (and it’s even smaller than the Small one! Yikes). I’ve experienced some slight differences in clothing sizes for men too (especially when I shop online), but not anything like this. Makes you wonder why the heck a certain size can’t have a universal standard.
Other stuff:
And we found a big Totoro pillow in an anime shop in the mall by the hotel! We just had to bring him home with us, of course.
See also:
- Visiting Edinburgh, Scotland, Part 6: The Ghost Bus and City of the Dead tour
- Visiting Edinburgh, Scotland, Part 5: Edinburgh Castle and Camera Obscura
- Visiting Edinburgh, Scotland, Part 4: Greyfriars Kirkyard
- Visiting Edinburgh, Scotland, Part 3: Old Calton Cemetery & Calton Hill
- Visiting Edinburgh, Scotland, Part 2: Wandering through The Royal Mile, other streets and more
- Visiting Edinburgh, Scotland, Part 1: Old Waverley Hotel
