Rocksalt & Snails

I quickly directed my steps towards St Swithin Street and the familiar-sounding Rocksalt & Snalils. In fact, the place I visited in Edinburgh was called simply Rocksalt, and sold very nice sandwiches, but not great coffee.

The Monkey House

Faced with the prospect of ending up at one of the high street chains – since time constraints forced me and my companion that day to agree a location on Aberdeen’s Union Street – The Monkey House suddenly became a somewhat desirable location.

Malmaison

An hour later the party departed, but since I had a few emails to respond to and some work to file asap I bid my goodbyes and sat down in the hotel’s bar area. The internet was unbelievably slow, but I decided to make the most of the waiting time this time and ordered – yes – a mocha.