The two full days in Amsterdam were generally wet and cold. Average day temperatures were 10 degrees celcius at its highest and the night and morning temperatures were as low as 3 degrees celcius. The intermittent spells of rain made matters worse and the strong winds made umbrellas quite unhelpful actually. Luckily for us, there were windows of sunshine during which time we could walk the city and take the canal boat cruise.
when it rained, even the laundry bag came in useful....... Pakdokter's partner and Siti braving Amsterdam rain....
We left Amsterdam early Monday morning, having booked through the hotel concierge, a 6-seater limousine van, which took us to the Schipol Airport in less than 30 minutes. The electronic self-check-in booth did not make things easy. Pakdokter's first attempt failed to deliver the boarding passes and had to be ushered to the usual check-in counters. While waiting in the queue, the other members of pakdokter's party successfully managed to get their boarding passes through the electronic booths. Even pakdokter's boarding pass came out together with the rest, thus sparing pakdokter from the queue. Many people struggled with this system and it would probably take some time before most travellers become familiar with this new check-in method.
The flight to Edinburgh from Amsterdam took slightly more than an hour. Edinburgh was sunny, for a change, although there was evidence of rain on the street, from the previous night's shower. Despite the sun. Edinburgh was colder than Amsterdam.
Pakdokter and partner took the bus to Raena's apartment at Castle Terrace while the rest of the party hopped into a taxi and went to their hotel at the Royal Mile.
We met up for lunch at a typical Scot Restaurant, the Moxie, which was located near the Edinburgh Castle.
lunch at the Moxie.....
(from left) pakdokter, pakdokter's partner, Siti, Ravee, Dollah and Sandra...
The clear and sunny afternoon was not wasted by pakdokter's colleagues who took the opportunity to tour the Castle and took pictures of Edinburgh. Pakdokter and family went to book tickets for the show " We Will Rock You" which played at the Edinburgh PlayHouse.
The group met up again for dinner at 'the Dome' - a lovely bar and restaurant located on George Street. One of Raena's friends, Mia Karim, joined the group for dinner.
Christmas decorations were already put up at the Dome. It was a really pretty sight!
Christmas tree at the Dome....
Sandra and Siti.....
pakdokter's dear daughter, Raena...
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