Concert, Castle, Captain and Company

Once we arrived in Edinburgh on Friday evening we had dinner in a Filipino Restaurant near the Queens Hall. This was a first for all of us and the food was tasty, although not all that different from other Asian food that we have eaten - I had spring rolls followed by a sizzling chicken dish. Then it was time for the concert. They Might Be Giants are certainly a lively band! I started listening to them when Jamie was a baby in 1990 and it was great to hear them perform live. My favourite song was of course Birdhouse in your Soul, and I also loved New York City and The Guitar. When we got back to Glasgow it was after midnight and Jamie had arrived home from his epic Great Glen Walk from Fort William to Inverness, tired but happy. Despite the late hour we all had a cup of tea and a chat.
We all had a lie in on Saturday morning and I felt very lethargic, but James dragged me out for a walk from Blantyre to Bothwell Castle and back which perked me up no end. It was a fine autumn day and the riverside walk was very pretty as our footsteps rustled over a carpet of bright fallen leaves.
In the evening we went to the cinema to see Captain Phillips which turned out to be excellent. It's about the captain of a cargo ship which is boarded by Somalian pirates, and is based on true events. Tom Hanks was excellent as the lead character and the film was gripping from start to finish.
Today we had lunch with Heather and Ewan in Zizzi's and we invited Jamie along too since he had expressed a desire to see them. We had a pleasant lunch and chat, then after coffee we reluctantly set off to Ikea where we had some items to buy and to Braehead shopping centre which was busy on a dreich Sunday afternoon but luckily not quite as horrendously busy as we had feared.
Our Sunday night dinner with Grandma rounded off the weekend; with Cat and Jamie there too there were seven of us and we had a convivial meal followed by the Strictly Come Dancing dance off. And so ends a weekend that has been both fun and relaxing. Deep breath for the week ahead!