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mom made it here safe and WE WENT TO LOCH NESS! and ps, we saw the monster!! there are 18 altogether! the loch is 23 miles long and all the lakes in britain & wales combined could not fill loch ness (there is a lake district in britain with many lakes.. and loch is gaelic for lake)
i want to go back to the highlands.
what we did was a one day tour from edinburgh that was just under 12 hours where we made a circular tour of the area with many tourist/scenic stops including a one hour cruise of loch ness. it was a dreary day but it was still beautiful
and we drove to edinburgh from south london! that was an experience! it was nerve wrecking for the first few hours.. dark, getting low on gas... not sure where a gas station is... but we made it! and it was fun. i only turned into the right lane once. only one oncoming car so that could have been worse.
saw the crown jewels of scotland in the edinburgh castle - the oldest in europe. also saw where many american pows were kept turning the revolutionary war, but never got home.
learned where 'bite the bullet' and 'useless git' come from - scottish musketeers. bite the bullet to make it fit in the barrel, it was made of lead and very unpleasant to do. a git is the excess lead from pouring it into the mold to make the bullet, to much makes the bullet useless b/c it wont go down the barrel.
yesterday we drove all the way back down to canterbury from edinburgh (8+ hours w/o stops) and we started at 2pm. we got to thinking and changing our weekend plans and ended up turning the car back in 3 days early to save nearly $400! smart move.
today we toured canterbury. it was good to back in a place i knew and was comfortable in. mom got her first fish & chips, saw some old roman stuff, the cathedral, west gate towers, a river tour, etc. twas great.
tomorrow its back to london for the london tower for the english crown jewels and such, then mom is off monday morning.
pictures to follow.
i want to go back to the highlands.
what we did was a one day tour from edinburgh that was just under 12 hours where we made a circular tour of the area with many tourist/scenic stops including a one hour cruise of loch ness. it was a dreary day but it was still beautiful
and we drove to edinburgh from south london! that was an experience! it was nerve wrecking for the first few hours.. dark, getting low on gas... not sure where a gas station is... but we made it! and it was fun. i only turned into the right lane once. only one oncoming car so that could have been worse.
saw the crown jewels of scotland in the edinburgh castle - the oldest in europe. also saw where many american pows were kept turning the revolutionary war, but never got home.
learned where 'bite the bullet' and 'useless git' come from - scottish musketeers. bite the bullet to make it fit in the barrel, it was made of lead and very unpleasant to do. a git is the excess lead from pouring it into the mold to make the bullet, to much makes the bullet useless b/c it wont go down the barrel.
yesterday we drove all the way back down to canterbury from edinburgh (8+ hours w/o stops) and we started at 2pm. we got to thinking and changing our weekend plans and ended up turning the car back in 3 days early to save nearly $400! smart move.
today we toured canterbury. it was good to back in a place i knew and was comfortable in. mom got her first fish & chips, saw some old roman stuff, the cathedral, west gate towers, a river tour, etc. twas great.
tomorrow its back to london for the london tower for the english crown jewels and such, then mom is off monday morning.
pictures to follow.