In New Zealand winter officially starts on the 1st June, but many places in the country has already had a bit of snow and few cold snaps. In Auckland we don't get snow but we still complain about the cold which leads the rest of the country to the south, to call us "soft" and make fun of us, as in this article from our national newpapers website:
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| //From NZ Herald |
So I set out scouring the streets of Edinburgh. I had expected the high end shops like Romanes and Paterson or Hector Russell would have what I was looking for, but alas they had any blanket I could have wanted except Dress Stewart. I started to feel like I wasn't going to get what I wanted, so when I found a blue version in the Edinburgh Woolen Mill shop I decided to get it. Later, while trawling through all the tartan and Scottish shops on the Royal Mile, I came across the tartan blanket I wanted, but it was in a super soft lambswool and not the slightly rougher texture I was looking for. I bought it anyway.
It wasn't until I was at the airport ready to head back to New Zealand that I finally found the blanket I was looking for! So yes, I now have 3 tartan blankets! That should keep me toasty warm this winter!
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| //My 3 blankets |