The Edinburgh Farmers' Market is a regular event every Saturday morning from 10am to 2 pm at the Castle Terrace, just across the street from Raena's flat. Everything from food to farm products were available at the many stalls there. The angus-beef burgers were very delicious. So was the fish and sea-food soup! You would be spoilt for choice for various types of cheese and freshly-baked bread was also a popular buy.
At one of the stalls we made friends with one Mr (Mac)Alan? - he was in the British Navy based in Sembawang in Singapore - in 1950. He said he was 19 then, so he is almost 80 now. He was sent there to fight the communists during the "Emergency". He spoke to us with nostalgia about his time in Malaya, Singapore, Guam and later Japan, where he fell madly in love with a Japanese girl.
The morning that was sunny at the beginning suddenly became very cold with freezing wind that brought along a layer of mist which covered the view of the Edinburgh Castle. So pakdokter ran back to the flat with a cup of hot fish soup and an angus beef burger for breakfast. At 1 pm the pre-arranged cab picked pakdokter up to the airport for the return journey home with fond memories of Edinburgh......
pakdokter's partner with Mr (Mac)Alan?....
and his stall sold savoury and fruit pies,carrot cakes, etc etc......
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