A Palace, Fashion, A Park and a Museum (Above - our hotel , the Grand Royale) Today was our last full day on our trip. It's been amazing, and hard to fit into words. We've seen incredible things, met wonderful people, and broadened our minds. Travel is a wonderful thing. Our hotel is great except … Continue reading 2023 Scotland – 11
London once more, and thoughts on staircases and buildings (One of my very favorite pictures I've ever taken. A staircase at the Melk Abbey in Austria.) So we went to dinner on Queensferry Street, the next block over from our hotel. Julie googled 'where to eat near me' (how did I not know about this?!?), … Continue reading 2023 Scotland – 10
A Palace and a Farewell Dinner I'm late in getting this blog up for several reasons. The farewell dinner went later last night, and our train this morning was earlier than we would have liked! We began in the morning with another wonderful breakfast at the Kingsway Guesthouse. Then we decided that a nice quiet … Continue reading 2023 Scotland – 9
Edinburgh Castle The castle dominates Edinburgh. From New Town, it seems everywhere you look the castle is looming overhead, looking balefully down. Parts of it have stood for over 1000 years, and bronze age artifacts have been found at the site. That’s not surprising when you consider how easily defended the site can be. The … Continue reading 2023 Scotland – 8
Stirling and Linlithgow Castles (View from Stirling Castle.) Today was a day trip to Stirling Castle and Linlithgow Castle. The morning was a repeat of Sunday, complete with calling a cab because the buses weren't coming, only to see them all come as a bunch as we got in the cab. Ah, well. Such is … Continue reading 2023 Scotland – 7
The Royal Mile, Dunnetteers, St. Giles and a Concert We actually slept in this morning! It was lovely, and we had a leisurely breakfast, and had a chance to talk to Lizzie, the proprietor of the Kingsway Guesthouse. By the time we got going it was about 11. I haven't mentioned the weather much lately, … Continue reading 2023 Scotland – 6
Hadrian's Wall, Roman Forts, and many, many, many sheep (Julie took a picture of me taking a picture at Housesteads Fort. The white dots are sheep.) There are lots of sheep in the Northumberland area of England, and I think we saw most of them. At least those that were finished multiplying. In addition to … Continue reading 2023 Scotland – 5
Landmarks and Old Friends Last night was the first night at the Kingsway Guest House. This is a lovely Victorian row house B&B near Mayfield Gardens. Lizzie and Gary have done their best to maintain as much original fittings to the house as possible, while still running a guesthouse with the modern conviences like modern … Continue reading 2023 Scotland – 4
And now we are in Edinburgh, and beginning all things Dunnett! For all we were wedged into the train like a cattle car, it was an interesting trip. We didn't get to see as much scenry as we would have wished, but we could see some. It looked just like it had from the air. … Continue reading 2023 Scotland – 3
More on London, the Tower and Kings Cross Station We are headed to Scotland today via the highspeed train. I'm looking forward to seeing the landscape. But in the meantime, I wanted to elaborate more about yesterdays adventures. While at the Tower, Julie found a plaquard that talked about the grounds. Besides the usual lawns … Continue reading 2023 Scotland – 2
Suzanne’s Travels 