London – August 8th 2017 Adventure day #2 We used the hop on hop off bus for the first time. We purchased a 48 hour pass and we hopped on the bus and saw the last bit of the changing of the guard exiting Buckingham Palace. We hopped off near the boat tours (our ticket...
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Stonehenge & Swimming – August 7th 2017 What is a split day? I just made it up. But we actually did split up and do two separate activities on this day. Activity number one was swimming at the neighborhood pool. Activity two was taking a tour to Stonehenge. Any guesses on how the split went?...
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London – August 6th 2017 Adventure day in London! We booked tickets to the London Eye. We took the tube in to the city, got there a bit early to figure things out. Realized that even with online tickets we still needed to line up (or queue as they say here and I’m all fancy...
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Edinburgh to London – August 4th – 5th 2017 Who plans a train ride from Edinburgh to King’s Cross (a crazy busy station) on a Friday during the weekend and after work rush? We do of course!!!! The train ride into the city was lovely. Best way to travel. Lots of leg room, we could...
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Edinburgh – August 3rd 2017 Edinburgh Castle had been on my must see list the minute I knew we were going to Scotland. Seeing pictures of this massive Castle sitting above the city drew me right in. I could picture myself there, hundreds of years ago in the stone walls. Thursday was our day to...
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Lanark – August 2nd 2017 I wasn’t exactly thrilled to walk around an old cemetery. I’ve never thought of them to be places to hang out (just like the rest of the worlds population I’m sure). But we were driving to a small town called Lanark to check one out. This was a town where...
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Back to Edinburgh – August 1st 2017 So, Oban was a very comfy sleep. The hostels have the most comfy bunks and big warm duvets. I felt like a queen. Perhaps it was because for a couple days, I had been sharing a double bed with an 8 and 12 year old…another story, another day....
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