A Tale of Two Cities - U. K. Style

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August 5th 2013

Published: August 5th 2013

Colchester is the oldest town in England and dates back to Roman times. We stayed here last year while attending the Olympics and never had the time to explore this historic village. We're so pleased that we returned and spent some time here. There is a small castle, a beautiful Castle Park, lots of flowers, and a busy downtown shopping area. Portions of the old Roman Wall were scattered throu... Read Full Entry

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Royal Mile

Edinburgh Castle

Heading to the castle

Edinburgh Castle

Views of the city from the castle

Preparing for Tattoo Parade

The viewing stands for the Tattoo and Authur's Seat in the distance.

Edinburgh from the ramparts

Inside the castle

The Palace and the Square

Palace Square

Creative living statue

Tea at Calinda's Tea Room

Calinda's cream tea - yum!

The Royal Brittania

The Royal Brittania is moored in Leith, a suburb of Edinburgh. Since we were staying in Leith we had to check it out.

The Royal Brittania

It was decommissioned in 1997 and is now a museum. It took a staff of over 200 to operate the boat and serve the queen and her quests. The old ship traveled over a million miles, roughly equivalent to the moon and back twice!!

The Rolls Royce Garage

Yes, they took their Rolls Royce with them on the ship.

The Royal Yacht

This also went with them along with 2 Royal barges.

The Royal Dining Room

Some of the guests included: Pres. Clinton, Nelson Mandella, Boris Yeltis, and many other dignitaries.

The laundry room

The Royal Veranda

The Sunroom

This was the queen's favorite spot on the ship. She stated that this was the only place where she could truly relax. Most of the furnishings were simple and dated back to the '60's.

5th August 2013

Having fun with mirrors outside the Copper Box, where Pro Basketball is now played.

June
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Always enjoy!!
Hi Pam and Ron,I always enjoy your journeys......but this time it was special for me. My daughter and Grandson live very close to Colchester,in fact I gave a wine seminar there many years ago. Dont forget that the 500 hundreth Anniversary of the Reformation is happening in 2017..maybe you can visit Lutherstadt Wittenberg at that time.....something to look forward to...June

6th August 2013

SandraBrown
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your trip
the last day of a wonderful trip...Welcome back to USA...

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