The Incredible Shrinking Grandma and Tex Mex in Scotland

Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Last week Kyle and I visited my family in Northern England.  They live in a small town on the border of England and Scotland called Berwick-Upon-Tweed.  We had such a great time!


Usually when I visit them it has been building up for months, it takes nearly 12 hours to fly there, it is really expensive, etc.  This time we were able to just pop up for a long weekend since we are so close and because Easy Jet is awesomely cheap.


Now, I don't mean to make my Grandma sound like a sideshow act, but she really is the tiniest, cutest Grandma in the world!  Check her out next to Kyle...

She's pocket sized

Remember the Seinfeld episode with the chick that looked normal in some light, but looked like a  troll when she stepped into "ugly light"?  I think this is my ugly light haha - Grandma looks good though!

Berwick is surrounded by Elizabethan walls built in the 1500's to protect it from invading Scots (the town has changed hands between England and Scotland at least 13 times).  What that means to us is that it is really pretty and a lovely place to visit :)

We had a couple really nice days, so we took a walk around the walls and along the river.

And we stopped into my Aunt Caroline's bakery with my Great Aunt Kathleen.  Caroline has the BEST homemade soups and pastries.

Edinburgh

Later that same day we went up to Edinburgh, Scotland with Caroline to get the finest Tex Mex Scotland has to offer (and to see Edinburgh again).  Caroline, my uncle and cousins lived in Houston for several years and miss the Mexican food, of course.  They have done their research and assured us it was the best around.  

We took a walk through the gardens and up some trails to the base of Edinburgh Castle.

It was no Chuy's, but it was pretty dang good!  At least we got our fix to hold us over until we get to Houston.

York

The next day we visited York with my cousin, Ricardo.  York is a really nice town south of Berwick where York Minster is.  It's a bit more lively than sleepy Berwick.

Annnnd Back to Berwick

Our last day in the UK we were back in Berwick.  We had lunch with Grandma, Kathleen and Ricardo and then walked the walls.  This time we walked in more typical Northern England weather.

Cheeky Brits!

I thought this door was really picturesque...

...so I took a picture with it.

Check out all the action on the High Street on Saturday evening...  Crazy, right?!

Heading to the airport to go back to Paris.

Special shout-out to Julie for watching Buckster while we were away!  He told me he had a blast with you!


Completely Unrelated


It looks like there may be an arsonist in our neighborhood.  I wonder if the police need my assistance to catch them like I did with the gypsy thieves? (sorry for the small iPhone pics)

Bisous!

Maygan