Travelers Culinary Adventure, the Marina Hotel, 6^n; Stonehaven Scotland.

The north sea whispers against the harbor sea walls. Its rhythmic cadence a story teller of ages past. The tide pulls back revealing the rocky shore and leaving the harbor boats high, Eowyn steps onto the worn cobble stones, the scent of salt and sea adventure thick in the air.

“You hear that?” she asks,pausing near the edge of the harbor.

“the Sea?” I reply, though knowing she means more that the waves.

She nods. “Its speaking. Not in words, but in movement. An old conversation between stone, tide and wind.

We walk to the Marina Hotel where the upstairs restaurant overlooks the water, a quiet haven above the bustle of the harbor below. In the United States, an upstairs restaurant is often short lived. Out of sight, but here it thrives. This is the second successful upstairs restaurant found, both built on the foundations of local favorites, the kind that call to the sea just as the sea calls to them.