ecially enjoying our time here now that spring has come! The weather 
has been fairly sunny and roughly 8-10 degrees everyday...so the buds on the trees and flowers have all started to bloom. The mornings and nights are getting and staying brighter, which definitely helps to take away the winter blues...but we still hear that it's freezing back home, haha! Don't worry, we did get some snow here, as you can see from the pictures that we took from our kitchen window, but it only lasted a day or two!
Well Rob had his 26th birthday on February 21st, which was an eventful day! He playe
d a rugby game outside Edinburgh in a coastal village called Musse
lborough (because you can actually pick the mussels off of the beach rocks when the tide goes out. We would have brought a bucket had we known!). The game went fairly well, but my honey got quite a deep gash on his shin from being raked by a player's cleats. It was really quite disgusting actually to look at, because it had particles of fat/tissue sticking out...now normally I
wouldn't post a picture, but Rob insists...he's actually 
quite proud of it! So for those of you with quesy stomachs, look away. It will start to heal soon, if he ever stops picking at it!!! I've added a couple of pictures of his birthday night out at the pub as well...the flight suit is an actual fighter pilot's suit which Broughton rugby club owns now and uses for cases such as birthdays!
d a rugby game outside Edinburgh in a coastal village called Musse
lborough (because you can actually pick the mussels off of the beach rocks when the tide goes out. We would have brought a bucket had we known!). The game went fairly well, but my honey got quite a deep gash on his shin from being raked by a player's cleats. It was really quite disgusting actually to look at, because it had particles of fat/tissue sticking out...now normally I
wouldn't post a picture, but Rob insists...he's actually 
quite proud of it! So for those of you with quesy stomachs, look away. It will start to heal soon, if he ever stops picking at it!!! I've added a couple of pictures of his birthday night out at the pub as well...the flight suit is an actual fighter pilot's suit which Broughton rugby club owns now and uses for cases such as birthdays!Last weekend, on the beautiful Sunday, we headed over to the Royal Botanical gardens to check them out, after hearing from Abby th
at they were beautiful when she w
as there. We weren't 
disappointed! Although most of the outside flowers and plants had yet to bloom, the RBG has a phenomenal glasshouse, where beautiful plants grow, and it was amazing to see! A lovely place to go right in the middle of the city!
at they were beautiful when she w
as there. We weren't 
disappointed! Although most of the outside flowers and plants had yet to bloom, the RBG has a phenomenal glasshouse, where beautiful plants grow, and it was amazing to see! A lovely place to go right in the middle of the city!As for any new news, Rob has one more week left in his placement at Fettes College (the Hogwarts of Edinburgh). I'll attach all the pictures and details in another blog post after this one. After his placement, it's two more weeks of Uni, and then we're home for 14 days! We are very excited to come home and see friends and family, and Max 'n Ellie of course!!!
As for me, nothing really new has happened at all. We've been watching the Six Nation's rugby on tv, which has been highly entertaining (the six nations being England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, France and Italy). In two weeks, Ireland plays Scotland at Murrayfield Stadium here in Edinburgh, and we've managed to grab some cheap tickets. That will be a great game!!!
On Tuesday of this week, we're going to see Riverdance at the Edinburgh Playhouse, which was a Christmas gift from Pat and Mike. We're very excited to see this show, as it is supposed to be amazing!
I'll add some pictures now that we took today of Edinburgh, as it was such a nice day to be out and about. The picture are mostly of the Royal Mile and some are taken at Edinburgh Castle (with great views over the city)! Hope you enjoy them!
Can't wait to see everyone in less than a month now!
Lots of love,
Rob and Sarah xxx
