Happydog
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 10, 2007
Where did the time go!!??
Somehow we have arrived at THIRTEEN days until our California Adventure! A literal adventure, as well as a visit to Disney’s!
In just a few short weeks, in TWO weeks from YESTERDAY to be exact, I will be on my way across the country from the east coast to the west coast, and making our first stop! Here we come Disney!
So as I promised I wanted to revisit some of the fun we had this past summer. So I have collected a few photos from Scotland and camping in the Shenandoah’s. I am going to keep with Scotland tonight, then I will share camping in my next post...
First, Scotland! We were there almost two weeks. I know the first things you think about when you hear “Scotland” are kilts, bagpipes, and castles. Well, here are all three!
First, some of the Historic Castle....and some city views.
Walking down from the castle...
A famous PUB! Deacon Brodie, quite a famous figure in Edinburgh history... The pub? Good fish and chips! LOL!!!
The real reason why WE were here...
These next pictures were taken during the official opening of the Edinburgh festival, watching these bagpipe bands march down, what is called the Royal Mile. It is called that because at one end of the road is the historic castle, and at the other end is the official residence of the Queen, Hollyrood House.
Holyrood House is also situated on the site of an abbey, forgive me if I don’t have all the history right, but the royal residence is connected to it, and it is adjacent to a beautiful park with a bluff, and it was the site of the Festival parade, the next day, which includes many of the performing groups who will perform during the festival run. It is a massive event. It was really chaotic, but here are some crowd shots…
The weather was really nice, a little rain on a few days, but generally weather like we have now! Fall like in temp, which was a huge reprieve from the 90s that we were having in August!
These are from our trip to Holyrood House...
More in the NEXT update!!!
Somehow we have arrived at THIRTEEN days until our California Adventure! A literal adventure, as well as a visit to Disney’s!
In just a few short weeks, in TWO weeks from YESTERDAY to be exact, I will be on my way across the country from the east coast to the west coast, and making our first stop! Here we come Disney!
So as I promised I wanted to revisit some of the fun we had this past summer. So I have collected a few photos from Scotland and camping in the Shenandoah’s. I am going to keep with Scotland tonight, then I will share camping in my next post...
First, Scotland! We were there almost two weeks. I know the first things you think about when you hear “Scotland” are kilts, bagpipes, and castles. Well, here are all three!
First, some of the Historic Castle....and some city views.
Walking down from the castle...
A famous PUB! Deacon Brodie, quite a famous figure in Edinburgh history... The pub? Good fish and chips! LOL!!!
The real reason why WE were here...
These next pictures were taken during the official opening of the Edinburgh festival, watching these bagpipe bands march down, what is called the Royal Mile. It is called that because at one end of the road is the historic castle, and at the other end is the official residence of the Queen, Hollyrood House.
Holyrood House is also situated on the site of an abbey, forgive me if I don’t have all the history right, but the royal residence is connected to it, and it is adjacent to a beautiful park with a bluff, and it was the site of the Festival parade, the next day, which includes many of the performing groups who will perform during the festival run. It is a massive event. It was really chaotic, but here are some crowd shots…
The weather was really nice, a little rain on a few days, but generally weather like we have now! Fall like in temp, which was a huge reprieve from the 90s that we were having in August!
These are from our trip to Holyrood House...
More in the NEXT update!!!