Monday, June 11, 2007

Trip Pics

I'll try to limit this to just pictures and brief discriptions, and keep the babble to a minimum. I know you're really wanting to see the ultrasound pics from the previous posting anyway. :)

The town of Inveraray, Scotland. Yes, that's the whole town. Our hotel is the white building closest to the water.

Did I mention that it rained very sporadically in Scotland? This is from the "car park" by our hotel (that's our car in the pic). The rainbows end in the loch. :)

We walked down this trail, maybe a mile, to have lunch in an area that had just been logged, looking over the sea on the northwest coast of Scotland. No picnic tables, just tree stumps, and we ate sandwiches and grapes and cookies from a gas station. Only simple thrills for me!

Near Inveraray, Scotland.

One of many amazing views on the beautiful drive from Inveraray to Edinburgh.

That's right, I climbed way up THERE! Beautiful view of Edinburgh from up there, although a better picture is this one, taken from yet another hill on the other side of town:

The Royal Mile is on the left, culminating in the castle at the top. Down there somewhere is a memorial to Sir Walter Scott, who I supposedly have somewhere on my family tree.

The old jail in Cork. Funny, we don't have many pictures from Trav's birthday or the day after... :)

Fort George, near Kinsale. Built in 1600's, in use until 1921 when Irish Revolutionaries burned it. Occupied by hippies for a while, now a national park site (or something).

Trav and Mark, trying to see who can fall in first.

A dreary day on the Ring of Kerry. :(
After this point it rained so much that the pictures are unremarkable, although it's Ireland so it was still a pretty view at the time. Fun to look back on these, but nice to be home!

1 comment:

Jeff and Heidi said...

The pics are amazing!! Someday I may make it to Europe!!