Cees-Jan's sister Eva-Maria and her husband Ivo came to visit this weekend. They had been to Edinburgh before, so we tried to show them some things they had not seen before. And where better than where we haven't before ourselves? We started with the Greyfriars Kirkyard, famous not only for its Bobby but also for James Hutton, the father of modern geology. We didn't find his grave though, as it wasn't marked on the map!
As you can see, autumn is slowly leaving its mark.
Next stop was the National Art Gallery in Princes Street gardens (always magnificent!) and then we went on to the Dean Gallery to see the 'Another World' exhibition about Surrealism. On the way we made a short stop in Dean Village, always a good photo op!
The exhibition was great, with some very weird, interesting and occasionally rather disturbing pieces...you'd have to go see it for yourself really. Ceci n'est pas une pipe, is all we can say!
The next day we planned to do a little tour into the hills, but unfortunately the weather didn't fully co-operate, with low-hanging clouds blocking most of our views. Nevertheless, it was still beautiful. We did the same tour as we had planned with CJ's parents last winter and at least this time we didn't have to go back halfway because of snow drifts!
And even without seeing the tops Eva-Maria and Ivo were still impressed with the mountains, you don't see them like this in Holland! We couldn't really enjoy the fresh mountain air to much though, as the cold breeze through the glen made it a wee bit too nippy for us.
Final stop was the Dawyk Botanic Garden on the way to Peebles. A nice place to walk around and relax and take in the beautiful scenery and autumn colours. For more pictures of this weekend, visit CJ's Picasa site.
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