Wednesday, September 30, 2009

to Scotland

Hampton Court Palace
Oxford colleges
Christ Church
Anne Hathaway's Cottage
Shakespeare's House
St Michael
Part of Hadrian's Wall built by Romans
Frank searching for his roots - MacMaster
Our lunch break at Millers Butcher store in Melrose, assorted beef pies - Joy started making these type of pies when we got back and I'll put the recipe in Joy's Recipe Blog when she done experimenting.
12th-century abbey ruins in Melrose
Edinburgh Castle
Had time to do some of my photo painting style
The longest town name
Some more of my drive by photos
Walls of stones is all over the UK
Scottish Night

Saturday, September 26, 2009

More of London

Our grandbaby Nicci getting taller, stronger, interacting more and almost three months old.

No photos were allowed inside the Tower of London.

Glass Pillow memorial to the executed

No photography were allowed inside the St. Paul's Cathedral.

Buckingham Palace is only open to the public two months each year when the Queen is on holiday. Our timing was just right! The inside was amazing, the collection of paintings and art works were awesome, No photos were allow inside, darn.

The Queen's golden coach

The backside of the Palace

The Palace pond

A lot of pictures were taken through the window of a coach (bus).
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Back from Britain and Ireland

Joy, Nancy, Frank and I just got back from "The Best of Britain and Ireland" tour we took for two weeks Our Holiday or vacation as we call, it was quite lovely. The weather was the best the country side has seen all season. This is the first of many postings (I'll update the blog 2-3 times a week) please click on the arrow in the left bottom corner to start the video and enjoy!