Yep – we are awaiting a suitcase, yet again. This time it’s not mine, but rather my friend LL from Calgary. We believe her main suitcase made it as far as Dublin, and should arrive at the hotel any time now.
Obviously our way of coping with this stress was to go out for a nice lunch. The chef at Noto Restaurant in central Edinburgh was on one of our favourite cooking competitions, so we went there for our first meal together in months. LL and I dine together better than anyone I know. Our excitement was palpable – the wait staff could tell we were just so happy to be there. (Of course, they could just have been reacting to our choice of wine – we won’t be spending like that every day)
There was tartare, truffles, trout, and tap water (just keeping it real with that last one) and it was the best culinary experience I’ve had since COVID.
We then headed to a drugstore to replace her missing toothbrush, deodorant, moisturizer (shades of the Seine all over again). And then the foodhalls at Marks & Spencer – yippee! We thought we’d have a light dinner in our room, so quite sensibly we headed straight to the cans of gin & tonic, then the wine section, then junk food. At that point we then headed over to the crackers and cheese (something has to absorb that wine).`
You are the queen of lost luggage!