Zwack's family home sits about 4 blocks from Portobello Beach. The small market town of Musselburgh can be viewed in the background. We enjoyed walking along this beach (sometimes all the way to Musselburgh's Fisherrow for our dinner)no matter what the weather. Some sunny weekends it was filled to capacity with visitors, but on weekdays or when the weather wasn't so nice, we often had the beach almost to ourselves.