I peed on the Queens Yacht

Another day of flat hunting. I had two flats to go see. One off Easter Rd in a modern flat with two other Scottish girls and one in a tenement with four others from all over the world. So i headed to Easter Rd for my first flat. I got there and after the disastrous flat of yesterday was pleasantly surprised. Of course the room looks smaller than it did in the photos but it's still a fair size. The land lord showed me around so i only saw the two girls but didn't get to really meet them. Overall i was pretty happy with the flat and it felt right. It doesn't have a lounge room which kind of blows. It just has a kitchen and dining area so it looks like I'll be spending more time in my room watching the TV in there. That was over and done with in 10 minutes and it became clear to me that it was quite close to Leith on the water so i decided to just head down there and suss it out. The land lord kindly drove me to Ocean Terminal, the big mall in Leith. I had a walk around but most stores don't open till 11am on Sundays so i had to just hang around and fill time in. I was keen to check out the The Royal Yacht Britannia which is on show next to Ocean Terminal, so i thought hey...lets go today!
The Britannia was the official boat of the Royal family from the 1950's until 1997 when it became decommissioned and is now a tourist attraction. It has been kept as is since the Royal family used it. It was the boat that Diana and Charles has their honeymoon on. Mum said it was really good so i was quite excited to check it out. As it was Sunday morning it was very quiet so i was stoked about that. I could freely walk around without people everywhere with my audio tour. The Britannia turned out to be all that i hoped. Talk about luxury! I saw the Queens bedroom and Phillips. Interesting to note that they have separate rooms. He must snore. The dining room and the drawing off it was pretty kewl. Very fancy and interesting to note that Clinton and his misses (Hillary, not Monica) had stayed on the Britannia. There was even a car on the Britannia for the Queen when she docked in places. The tour took about 1.5 hours and then it was time for lunch. So i hit up lunch at Ocean Terminal and again, the sandwich came complete with crisps. Every sandwich here seems to come with potato chips!
I was in the area of a fabric store i wanted to suss out so i headed on the bus and went to Mandors. I was a bit disappointed. Australia has it better for fabric stores than Scotland i must say. They did have Liberty print (and on sale!) so I've kept that in the back of my mind.
After the fabric store i walked to the first flat to check out. It's amazing how you know in about 10 seconds whether you like a place or not. As soon as i met the creepy Ukrainian guy that lived there i thought not. He had been told that Australia was currently 30 degrees and i told him that it wasn't as it was Winter and he didn't believe me. That was enough to know we wouldn't get along. Idiot. After seeing that, this mornings flat was looking more like a go-er but i thought I'd sleep on it none the less.
After checking out the flat it was back to my apartment. These days of getting my stuff together and finding a place to live is tiring! On a final note, i bought Dawn French's biography 'Dear Fatty' and it's super funny, must read.

The Royal Yacht Britannia



The Queen's Bedroom



The Royal Dining Room



The Drawing Room