Saturday, July 3, 2010

We awoke to full-cooked British breakfast morning and gorgeous day in Edinburgh.

With our kilt clad tour guide Steve and bus driver McAllister, we explored the city from a newly revitalized neighborhood; to parks with stunning views that once belonged only to royals; from palace to parliament, university, grant square, and Princes Street where we heard stories of people who lived with passion and creativity and called Edinburgh home (ask us about the many things we learned were invented or discovered here in Scotland).

We paused in the welcoming nave of St. John's Episcopal Church on Princes Street where they had prepared a holy place of worship for us. Thank you, Virgil Langley.

In the afternoon, we explored more on foot and made our way up to Edinburgh Castle to culminate our stay in Scotland's capitol.

In Aberdeen, we checked into a lovely country hotel where we had a 3 course meal and enjoyed the bright light of summer that lingers for so long this far north.

We share the hotel with two sets of wedding parties and we will fall asleep above Caliegh's fiddle while kilts swirl below.

Thoughts from the pilgrims….

Our hotel looks like a castle!

Matt Flyr: He loved the fact that as a member of St. John's we stopped at St. John's Episcopal and Oxford Village is so pretty.