Our last week was spent in the beautiful city of Edinburgh. We stayed at the gorgeous Hilton Carleton Edinburgh.
Here are a few pics from around this amazing city:
We did a LOT of walking.
Travels
Hello Scotland!
We arrived in Dundee, Scotland yesterday afternoon about 3pm BST. Me by way of Amsterdam and Edinburgh. It was a tiring but fairly easy journey for me. Jerry flew in from work via Frankfurt, Germany and Edinburgh. We arrived within 20 minutes of each other, gathered our belongings and got a taxi to the train station. Driving through Edinburgh was absolutely amazing! So beautiful – got a glimpse of the castle.
Then took the train to Dundee.
I love train stations.
And trains. And so far, Scotland.
Jerry is at the shipyard today checking out his new home away from home and I enjoyed a lovely breakfast. If you are wondering, haggis is delicious!
Jet lag hit me about 9:00 last night and maybe feeling a little residual effects but think I will get a shower and head out to see what I can see. With an umbrella because well…Scotland 🙂
Until next time, I am…
Scenes from Dundee, Scotland
I loved ALL of Scotland that I saw but if I am honest Dundee was my favorite even over Edinburg. Dundee is a great small city and I hope to visit it again some day. I took lots of pictures – here are a few.
The Howff is a lovely enclosed old graveyard. Resting place of the last witch killed in Scotland – or so the legend goes.
Established in 1564, it has one of the most important collections of tombstones in Scotland. The majority of graves face exactly due east. The land of the burial ground was part of the Franciscan (Greyfriars) Monastery until the Scottish Reformation. In 1564 Mary, Queen of Scots granted the land to the burgh of Dundee, for use as a burial ground. It was used for meetings by the Dundee Incorporated Trades, and subsequently became known as The Howff, from the Scots word howff ‘an enclosed open space. (from Wikipedia)
I thoroughly enjoyed roaming around looking at all the old stones. I love gravehards or kirkyards as they are also called.
This is my husband’s new workplace:
Tay Bridge:
A look across the Tay River toward St Andrews:
Victoria & Albert Museum of Dundee:
More shots from around Dundee:
Merrily We Lark About
It has been a lovely Summer. I actually got to make another quick trip to see Sully (and his parents) the week of August 14 (my 62 birthday). As always I cherish every moment I spent with the little man. He is excited for school to start and I am excited for him. There are some very important things coming up in our lives – more on that later!
