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Pouring rain and the palace
... br> This is the official residence of the Queen when staying in Edinburgh and is the place where investitures for the order of the royal thistle are taken.
In the grounds of the Palace is an Augustine abbey long, but the ruins show what a magnificent building it must have been with its well carved columns and intricate stone carvings.
When we had finished wandering around the Palace we took a stroll through ...
Castles and Soldiers...
... in the British Army alone), with more Scots serving in the Navy and Airforce as well. This regiment is now the 'senior regiment of the line' representing Scotland in the British Army. As such the museum is not just the story of this regiment, but of the various regiments that have been merged with it. After the museums we climbed the last part of castle hill to the summit which contains a number of other things to see, the half moon battery which overlooks ...
Hello to Bonney Scotland via the Great Lakes
... everyone does live there.
Within 1/2 an hour of passing over the Scottish border, I know that two nights and one & a bit days, is not going to be enough time for me to soak up Scotland, home to so many friends who've emigrated to Australia... to those friends I say the same I say to the Italians & the Irish & English that I know & love, "how the hell could you leave this place? It’s beautiful", but ...
Viva Las Vegas!
... ll get to do a bit more thinking than I do when playing blackjack (this is not necessarily a good thing, but will most definitely be more interesting) and means I will get a bit of insight into whether when in Vegas I might be high-fiving or crying on Burt's shoulder.
I've always wanted to go to NYC and so doing this on the way home is going to be excellent (even if I have lost all my money I'm going to be extremely excited), Las Vegas is somewhere I never ...
Marching pipes and drums
... and my only negative comment would be that I expected to see more bagpipe numbers. However this did not take away from the absolutely spectacular event that it was, and one that I hope I can see again, one day.
A walk home through the crowds was interesting, especially trying to manouvre the stroller through the people on the cobblestone streets. A trip to maccas sufficed for the evening meal and everyone was early to ...