Royal Yacht Britannia. When I shared some photographs from my time at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh in this post, I also mentioned that we had purchased the 48-hour Royal Edinburgh ticket for the hop-on hop-off bus tours. We went that route because it included fast-track admission into Edinburgh Castle, The Palace Of Holyroodhouse, and The [...]
Prisons of War. One of the exhibitions at Edinburgh Castle is the prisons of war exhibition. It's located within Dury's Battery, which is at the top of the hill past the Royal Scots Museum. The re-creation shows what life was like for the prisoners of war. Prison Doors. Of course, I found the prison doors [...]
Going Back To My Roots. An Ancestral Journey to Airdrie, Scotland. Today is my mama's birthday!! The one who nurtured me in her womb. And the one who labored to bring me into this world. The one who cradled me in her arms. She is the one who whispered words of strength into my [...]
Doors. Keepers of mysteries. Releasers into the great unknown. As I walked along the streets of Amsterdam, some doors would catch my eye. Whether it was the door itself or the architecture surrounding. Doors of Amsterdam. Ready to start the tour? Let's stroll along and take in the views of some doors found along [...]
Travel. One thing that I've noticed about traveling to new places is that around every corner there are exciting things...unfamiliar and yet, exhilarating. Street Corners of Amsterdam. So today, I thought we'd take a stroll around the street corners of Amsterdam. Amsterdam was the first place that my feet trod on foreign soil (outside [...]
Tour of the Cloisters. The University of Glasgow. As promised in yesterday's post, where we toured the exterior of the Gilbert Scott Building at the University of Glasgow, today we enter through the doors to see what was found on the other side. I had a hard time narrowing down the photos as this was [...]
Amsterdam. When I traveled, along with my husband and our three teenagers, to Amsterdam in April, I knew our time there would be brief. Less than 36 hours brief. Factoring in that I had no idea what to expect from my first overseas trip and that jet lag is rough...way too brief! But the one [...]
National Museum of Scotland. Time. "Time and tide waits for no man" Or as my husband is fond of saying: "Time waits for no one." The Millennium Clock. The museum label for The Millennium Clock states that it the clock was made in Glasgow in 1999. It is a collaborative effort of sculptor-mechanic Eduard Bersudsky, sculptor-furniture maker [...]
Doors of Edinburgh. It's been a while since I've participated in a Thursday Doors post. Don't know what Thursday Doors is? It's a place where door lovers of the world come together to share photos of, what else.... doors. It's hosted by Norm 2.0 and you can check out other doors here. After checking out Norm's [...]
Blue Ridge Parkway. About a month ago, my husband and I thought we'd drive around Roanoke Mountain Loop Road off of the Blue Ridge Parkway. I brought along my camera hoping to catch some views of the Roanoke Valley. Unfortunately, the recent storms had dropped a tree across the road, closing its access. Niagara Dam. [...]
