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Edinburgh: Day 7 – National Museum, haggis
Today the focus was the National Museum of Scotland. Tàking the bus in at about 11.30am, we spent four hours there exploring the many fascinating exhibits. Entry was free. Not surprisingly, there was a very Scottish flavour to much of the material on display. Inspired, on the bus ride home we disembarked near a local high street butcher and bought a haggis for our evening meal. We ate to the sound of recorded bag pipe music. E concluded it was the best example of the traditional Scottish spiced sheep offal dish that he’d eaten during his time in Scotland. Just after sunset, Ian walked for about 40 minutes to a Tesco’s store to buy oil for E’s car. It was a calm and balmy evening, perhaps the warmest of the year so far. On the return walk, in the twilight glow, on a path running through a section of woodland, Ian was lucky enough to meet his first live fox.
The museum’s roof terrace afforded excellent views of Edinburgh city and surrounding areas.
View from the National Museum roof terrace
The museum was extraordinarily spacious and light-filled, especially in the older parts of the building.
On the bus to the butcher’s shop near Holy Corner..
Haggis after being ‘piped in’ for dinner ..
Traditional haggis, neeps (turnips), tatties; non-traditional beans
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