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Paris…eat and be eaten!
View from our Paris Apartment Arriving in Paris having spent over two months in English speaking nations was a good challenge. We managed to lug our baggage and ourselves from Gare du Nord to the Metro at Musee D’Orsay. Our apartment was located just down from the Musee, overlooking the Seine and the Louvre beyond. [...]
London for a quick stop.
London! We had a stop here before embarking on the “Chunnel” to Paris with Eurostar. We have been learning a lot about ourselves on this trip, and one of the stand out things is that we all like being in and around nature. London was big, busy and bustling, but fun all the same. We [...]
Benderloch, Oban…back to Dundee, then farewell Bonnie Scotland!
At Pebble Beach in Benderloch Following Dunblane, we went to Oban on the West coast of the Scottish highlands. The place we stayed at was in Benderloch, a quaint B&B which the three of us sandwiched ourselves into. Some of these places go a bit overboard on the ornaments (no room for your stuff!) but [...]
Newcastle to Dunblane
Western Force v Newcastle Falcons Time to head south to lend some support to the Emirates Western Force boys (www.rugbywa.com.au) who were playing the Newcastle Falcons in Newcastle. We arrived at the hotel and had dinner with the boys and staff. The next day we saw Hadrian’s Wall (a highlight for Sasha – seeing horses [...]
Edinburgh – Family, Friends and the Fringe
Edinburgh – Family, Friends and the Fringe Back to Edinburgh, to meet up with Lois’ Aunt & Uncle (Barbara and Peter) and cousin Sasha & Lois doing Bollywood Dance Class at Edinburgh Fringe Jim and his daughter Emily. Had a great Chinese Banquet at Jimmy Chung’s next to the station and coffee in town. It [...]
Addendum to Oops in Ullapool
Addendum to Oops in Ullapool Town of Ullapool from Top of Ullapool Hill We climbed up Ullapool Hill together which was terrific – great views from the top and the climb got our hearts pumping. On our last few days Lois climbed it a few more times from the village and Ed took the path [...]
Oops in Ullapool
Oops in Ullapool Ullapool view from lounge room Well, firstly, we had no accommodation secured. And it’s peak holiday season here. But we ended up landing a brilliant little self-catering place on the top of Ullapool hill. It was not “on the market” – really cheap (well, for Ullapool, at peak season!) and has the [...]
Blair Atholl & Loch Ness
All things Scottish at the Blair Atholl Gala Evening / Killiecrankie We went across the road to Memorial Park for the special “Gala Evening” in Blair Atholl and arrived on the scene just in time to follow the all-female Blair Atholl pipe band in. Terrific. Then we were treated to Scottish dancing, Clydesdales, vaulting (acrobatics [...]
