I went for two wonderful walks into Hyde Park to take a look at beautiful lakes and fountains, and in particular to the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain, Kensington Gardens and Kensington Palace. What a pleasure it was to walk through and enjoy the sights of people walking resting talking, birds in the ponds etc. enjoy the pictures.... read more

Well here we are. Saturday, and the two groups left the Ross-Shire Red house of Dornie. What a ball we had during the past 8 days. Randy said he travelled over 1000 miles during this time. I have to say that, we absolutely saw soo much and covered allot of the lower Highlands area. I will certainly go back with fond memories of Scotland and all the heather, moss, green beautiful large Locks, dams, many beautiful castles, so many sheep everywhere (I kept dreaming of sheep even on my return), the excellent food we purchased and cooked. The special Blas festival Music fro the Galic community. The sights and sounds were absolutely fantastic. What more can I say. Certainly a place to revisit again. So On Saturday Randy, Myrna, Arlene and I headed out on our ... read more

We stayed for 8 days in the Ross-shire Red house of Dornie, just a short walk to the Elean Donan Castle. We almost felt like we were in one of the most beautiful villages around. The view from the house was something else. The village buildings and houses were beautiful with georgeous gardens surrounding each house along with distant views of the mountains of Skye and along with views over Lock Long and Lock Alsh. What a beautiful place to stay. There was a small convenience store, a phone in the middle of the village, a hotel, bar (lively on weekends), a mobile bank service on Tuesdays and Thursdays, a mobile market, and a post office. What a nice quiet place to get away from it all. I took a pleasant walk around the village one ... read more

There were 10 of us staying at the Ross-shire Red House in Dornie. What fun we had. The main reason why we landed up in Scotland was due to the fact that the McNeil Clan were asked to perform in the "Blas Highland Music Celebration". Paul and Tracey MacNeil performing great traditional musical sounds with the piano and bagpipes. Pauls playing reflects his appreciation of the Gaelic Language and culture, Tracey an excellent piano player of contemporary style and traditional style of Cape Breton Island. Father Rob MacNeil is a Gaelic singer from Barra Glen, Cape Breton Island. Paul & Tracey's two daughters Jessie Helen and Nora also were included in a final singing family event which was held at a sold out performance at the Eilene Donan Castle. They performed along with the Henerson Clan. ... read more

Finally the fires of Greece subsided, after about 5 days of 24 hour TV on every Greek station only showing the terrible fires of Greece that burnt so many miles of beautiful forest area.So after 5 days of watching TV, we took some trips to do some shopping and going here and there in Athens prior to our trip On August 30th to Edinburgh, Scotland via London, Heathrow airport. What a busy airport, but we made it through the numerous long security ques. The 3 girls, Arlene, Myrna, arrived late in the day to the very very old Osbourne Hotel in Edinburgh. We had to walk several blocks from the bus station to the hotel, with a bit of difficulty reading the map (I always want to go the opposite way). Brother Randy was already there ... read more