we are here in sunny Edinburgh and it is about 20 degrees!!!
We have been scotland for a few days now. We started in Glasgow where we visited a large shopping centre (near Paisley), reputed to be the largest outside London, although there has been some debate that the title really belongs to Manchester. As we are in Scotland I choose to believe that they are right!
The kids ice skated at the shopping centre. I made bookings for B&B's for the next few days.
We then headed for Connel near Oban in the Western part of Scotland to check out the lochs (Loch Lomand is very beautiful, and so were all the others), never seen so much water. Very beautiful and we will bring photo's later for those of you itching for the piccies. We had a scottish meal at McTavish's - with highland dancing, singing and bagpipes. Food was ordinary but the entertainment was great. The next day we headed to the town of Kilmartin to check out the ancient people of scotland. In the evening we ate at the Oyster barn, and J and Michaela had the largest oysters we have ever seen.
The b&b was OK, but not really a family room, when the camp bed went in we could not stand in the room - they did all our washing so that was a blessing. The view from our bedroom across Loche Etvie was also stunning and we took a series of pictures at sunset (10.45pm) and sunrise (4.35am).
Loch Etvie
We left Connel for Edinburgh via Glen Coe ( not logical I grant you) and really loved the scenery and the wildness of the countryside. We went to the visitors centre and had lunch and looked around. When I got up in Connel this morning my neck was in spasm and I could not drive or lift anything. We arrived in Edinburgh about 6pm and checked into our b&b, very close to the centre of town Alexander Guest House. Had a great curry across the road and then slept.
The next day I went to the local shopping centre and had accupuncture and massage which helped my neck a little. We then went to the Edinburgh castle which is on a rock for those of you not familiar and is very imposing. We then went to Mary Kings Close and learned about life in Edinburgh in the plague. Very squalid and harsh if you had no means as most did not. Bought a picture of Glen Coe Pap. Italian for tea.
Today neck much better and am now waiting for the washing to dry while j and the kids go to the Edinburgh Dungeon (York is next). Off to see the relatives in Fife this afternoon and Stirling castle tomorrow.
Mondo
2 comments:
Glad to hear they have oysters for Michaela...I am hoping that your B&B's have also kept her well supplied in bacon and meat :)
20 sounds positively balmy compared to our -7 in the morning! Urgh!
Looking forward to the photos!
J
Need to know if John has decided to claim his family birth right castle or not. If so can we have your house? If not we'll warm up the slide projector and see you soon.
By the way we're going to melbourne tomorrow (today!) for a couple of days. Going to see a Picasso exhibition that will only be seen in Europe and Melbourne. Couldn't afford to go to Europe. Melbourne's closer. There's a lot of Europeans there. Bet you're jealous!
Very tired. Bye bye.
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