Sir Walter Scott memorial in downtown Edinburgh
Stained glass window looking over the tomb of King Robert the Bruce
Dunfermline Abby was the birthplace of my 15th (and favorite!) Great-Grandfather, King James I of Scotland.
The tomb of my 18th Great-Grandfather, King Robert the Bruce, at Dunfermline Abby
Stonehaven is taking proposals for speed limits on their highway... so, what do you think? I think 100 is fine!
Viaggiatore meets a Scottish lion, guarding the grounds at Edinburgh Castle
Statue of King Robert the Bruce at Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Bagpipes
Edinburgh
Stirling Castle and a memorial to King Robert the Bruce
Stirling defense
The Jetson mobile parked at Stirling Castle (yes it only has 1 door and 3 tires)
Path to Stirling Castle
Springtime in Scotland
Park anywhere you like, any way you like.
Really.
A beautiful Scottish sunset on the road back to Edinburgh
Flodden Field in England, where the Battle of Flodden took place, and where one of my Great-Grandfathers, Duncan Campbell, died in battle on 9 Sep, 1513, along with 10,000 others.
A river bridge between Melrose Abbey and Flodden Field
Melrose Abbey where the heart of King Robert the Bruce, my 18th Great-Grandfather, is buried.
I wanted a rainbow in Scotland and I got one! Welcome to Peebles!
"A noble heart may have no peace if freedom fail" inscripted on the memorial over the resting place of the heart of King Robert the Bruce, my 18th Great-Grandfather
Melrose Abby, where the heart of King Robert the Bruce rests
Bridge to Scone Palace
Scone Palace, crowning site of Scottish Kings
There is a garden star shaped maze at Scone Palace; this fountain is at its center
An albino peacock in the gardens at Scone Palace
The Stone of Destiny in front of the chapel at Scone Palace, where four of my Great-Grandfathers were crowned Kings of Scotland
The ocean in Stonehaven on a stormy rainy morning
Mr. Black in New York
The Empire State Building
My friend Jackie asked me to bring her back a Scottish gent...
Triple Deckers...
Ohhhh, more!! Great photos, and I've never been to Scotland although I spent an entire afternoon at Foyles London bookstore long ago, sitting on the carpeted floor among the stacks while a young Scotsman told me ghost stories of his homeland.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that you were royalty. I hope there is a castle inheritance in your future, but that nobody will try to bury your heart at an Abbey.
My very dear Hearts,
ReplyDelete*laugh* I'd have loved to hang out in that bookstore! Nice!
Shakespeare's in Paris is right up your alley. Don't know if I'd get you out of there for a week!
I'm not royalty, but the grandfathers were. Primogeniture took care of that for me... ;o)
But it's incredible to walk through the lands and homes that they lived in, to see the countryside that they loved, fought for and died in. Making that connection is incomparable.
Kneeling at their graves, bridging that time gap, is absolutely incredible.
You'd love it there. You'd have loved the whole trip.
;o)
Scarlett & Viaggiatore
Scarlett,
ReplyDeleteWhenever a trip is so short and full it feels like a dream when we awaken at home.
I knew you were royality!
rel
Fantastic photos again Scarlett AND you slipped in another of that gorgeous man!
ReplyDeleteYou have very fine ancestry :-)
Rel,
ReplyDeleteIt was almost perfect, really.
We didn't want to come home at all, and Mr. Black said on the flight home that he wished we were flying to the states to visit our family and friends for a few weeks and then flying back to Scotland.
I wished the same thing.
Sigh.
We'll get back soon. We must.
Suburbia!
So glad that you like the photos.
They don't do any of their subjects justice at all. Capturing the beautiful essence of Scotland and Paris was tricky, and I almost got it, but I think it's really tough to truly get the whole experience of the moment into a single photo.
The air, the temperature, the scents, the energy, the emotion, the light and shadows, the sounds, the depth... all of that, *really being there* into a single photo... I wasn't able to do it on this trip. I will keep trying.
Thanks!
Scarlett & Viaggiatore
So King Robert the Bruce is your Great-Grandfather.
ReplyDeleteDamn that pesky primogeniture.
Clowncar,
ReplyDeleteYes. 18th. King Robert Bruce II is my 17th, King Robert Bruce III is my 16th and King James I is my 15th. His daughter Joan, Countess of Morton is my 14th Great-Grandmother and that's where that damn pesky primogeniture comes into play... she's a girl, so no throne for me. ;o)
Knowing the history of the family is enough, it's so incredible to make that connection.
Scarlett & Viaggiatore
Well, we can still curtsy and call you Princess!
ReplyDelete*GIGGLE*
ReplyDeleteMolly girl, you crack me up!
HUGS!
Scarlett & Viaggiatore