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[Closed] Help me plan a great day out in Edinburgh

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Me and Mrs S heading up on the new train on Wednesdaty for her birthday. I'm currently in bad books so need to treat her to a good day. We used to live in Edinburgh and still go out there quite a bit so hav ticked off the usual outings. Any suggestions for great lunches, interesting galleries or exhibitions or other ways to spend 5 or 6 hours?

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Posted : 02/10/2015 9:32 pm
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Cheap hotel? Then 4 hours and 55 minutes of awkward silence. 4 hours and 50 minutes if you do it twice.


 
Posted : 02/10/2015 10:02 pm
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I'm currently in bad books so need to treat her to a good day.

Have you increased n+1?


 
Posted : 02/10/2015 10:12 pm
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Get the Train to Glasgow and go see "Dragon" at the Citz?

Otherwise its just museum of scotland/gallery/sheep hied inn/cramond/botanics/edinburgh dungeon/castle (Stirling is better)


 
Posted : 02/10/2015 11:37 pm
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She's a doc isn't she? There must be a medical type exhibition kicking about somewhere. Then go to Burke and hare just to follow on with the theme.


 
Posted : 02/10/2015 11:43 pm
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Cheap hotel? Then 4 hours and 55 minutes of awkward silence. 4 hours and 50 minutes if you do it twice.

It is exactly that sort of suggestion that has got me in the bad books in the first place


 
Posted : 03/10/2015 7:55 am
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If she is a doc, hasn't the Surgeons Hall museum just opened after a major refurbishment?


 
Posted : 03/10/2015 8:25 am
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check out "timeout". often posters around the city for "do one thing this week" which i often think "that would be great if i didn't need to get home and change nappies".

Otherwise, Falko for coffee and cake. Accept no substitute.


 
Posted : 03/10/2015 10:00 am
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Mums on Forrest Road for lunch then drinks at the Trongate.

No need to thank me...

(make her feel [insert appropriate fraction here] her age by living it up like a student)


 
Posted : 04/10/2015 3:26 am
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If she's a doctor, have her write a prescription for some Rohypnol 8)


 
Posted : 04/10/2015 3:44 am
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Pop out to east lothian, walk on the beach, fly kites and falko in gullane or steampunk in Dunbar..

if you have been in the city, get out of it a bit !


 
Posted : 04/10/2015 8:23 am
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Had a cracking brunch in Tribeca yesterday, wandered across The Meadows, even snuck a wee wander into The BicycleWorks and Edinburgh Bike Co on way past (Daughter is in a student flat just beside BicycleWorks ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 04/10/2015 8:28 am
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If at first you don't succeed...


 
Posted : 04/10/2015 10:24 am