We have loved Scotland, hard to believe we’re down to 4 days here till we head off to Glasgow for a month. I’ve found that while the same problems exist here as do anywhere else, what’s different is how happy Scots are about it! And so happy to talk about it and anything else! It […]
I wish I could have bought her these chairs for her birthday but then we’d have to buy them seats on the plane! Alice had her birthday 15 days ago, and while I have no photos at all to post, I’ll at least list what the kids and I did for her: Two huge helium […]
As we do we took a drive across the Firth and turned to the east and then “got lost”. We love to do this as we see things we’d never see otherwise (and you can’t really ever be lost with GPS but it’s fun to try!) So we stumbled upon the Pictish Road, subtly sign […]
When we arrived at Edinburgh Airport we asked an immigtation officer what was happening in Edinburgh that week, she looked at us as if it were obvious, “Um, ever hear of Fringe Festival?” Cue blank looks from the family, then the realisation we were staying in Edinburgh during one of the largest street festivals of […]
When we housesit we not only take care of the pets but we take care of the house and grounds too. Dad gets to ride cool lawn mowers, he has yet to figure out how the gas-powered weed wacker works but that will come.