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Pat ventures out onto the Royal Mile. This street connects the Edinburgh Castle with Holyrood, summer home of the Royals. |
Beautiful flowers are everywhere. Here they decorate the entrance to a pub. |
The front seat upstairs on a double decker city bus offers an interesting perspective on the layout of the streets of Leith. |
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William Wallace, better known as Braveheart. Doesn't look much like Mel Gibson. |
This is Rob Roy. Come to think of it, he doesn't look much like Liam Neeson either. |
Drum Castle, outside of Aberdeen. |
A little further down the road is Crathes Castles. Castles abound in this part of Scotland. |
After a hard day of sightseeing, the Levy's and the Maxwell's meet for a quiet repast aboard the Insignia. |
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Pat and Nancy are greeted by a Scottish piper. |
Here is Loch Ness, home of the legendary monster. We didn't see him. |
Urquart Castle, one of the most picturesque in Scotland. |
The people in Invergordon are vey literal. |
Invergordon has become a center for oil rig repair |
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In Sumburgh we got up close and personal with some puffins. |
There are a few Shetland ponies left in the islands. Here is a handsome one. |
A relic of the Viking days near Lerwick. This one is called Old Scatness Broch. |
Noss Island is home to 16,000 cliff-dwelling gannets. |
Gannets have a five foot wingspan. |
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Skara Brae is a 5,000 year old archaeological site discovered 100 years ago. |
It's still cold in the Orkneys the last week in June. |
The Ring of Brogar dates back to 2000 B.C. |
Earl's Castle in downtown Kirkwall was built in the 16th century. |
Expanded over the years, the front of this Kirkwall church dates back to the 11th century. |
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All signs in Dublin are in English and Gaelic. |
A statue of the legendary Molly Malone sits on a busy street corner. |
he Book of Kells at Trinity College is Ireland's top attraction as this queue attests. |
The River Liffey runs through the center of town. |
We visited the Guinness brewery, home of Ireland's famous dark brew, and were treated to a not quite free sample. |
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Reginald's Tower, built in 1103, is in downtown Waterford. |
Cistercian monks moved into Jerpoint Abbey in 1180. |
The abbey at the village of Kells was inside a walled fortress. This is older than Jerpoint. |
Waterford is famous for glassware. Here is a brilliant 18th century example. |
The Suir River is Waterford's harbor. The scenery was spectacular as we departed . |
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Packy and Lew ride backward through the Cornish countryside in a London Taxi. |
The souvenir shap at the end of England - Lizard Point. |
The Oceania dwarfs everything in Falmouth harbor. |
We passed St. Mawes on the way back to Dover at the end of the cruise. |
Pendennis Castle guards the mouth of the River Fal. |
