We're back home. Actually, we came home on Monday, but it took a couple of days for me to get things back in order. So, blogging had to take a back seat.Not only are we back home, but we're back home for an entire month before our next trip. BELIEVE IT, OR NOT! We haven't been at home for an entire month since August.
So much time on our hands. Whatever shall we do???
The trip to London/Scotland was really nice. There was a little hiccup when our brand new hotel in Glasgow where we were supposed to stay on Saturday night called us on Thursday afternoon - TWO DAYS BEFORE OUR SCHEDULED ARRIVAL - to let us know that the hotel had not yet opened and that we wouldn't be able to stay there OR eat dinner there. However, all ended up well in the end when they set us up in a nice hotel in Edinburgh, albeit an hour drive away from Glasgow.
The itinerary went like this:
Friday: Flew to London, checked in at the 51 Buckingham Gate Hotel (highly recommended by me), shopped a bit, had some lunch, took a nap, met our friends Simon and Rosemarie for dinner at Quilon (Michelin starred Indian restaurant next to our hotel), and zzzzzzzzzzzz!
Saturday: Met up with Jeanette, Mark, and Lisa at Heathrow and flew to Glasgow, rented cars at Glasgow Airport, drove to Edinburgh, checked into our hotel, high tea, shopped a bit, had a nice dinner, and zzzzzzzzz!
Sunday: Drove up to our palatial rental house outside of Inverness, got settled in, went out to stock up on supplies at Tesco, dinner/roaring fire back at house, and zzzzzzz!
Monday - Saturday: Sightseeing (Loch Ness, Inverness, Isle of Skye, Ullapool, etc., etc.), shopping, relaxing, eating well, etc.
Sunday - Jeanette, Mrs. TBF, and I drove back to Edinburgh and flew back to London. Mark and Lisa drove back to Glasgow. We said goodbye to Jeanette, and then Mrs. TBF and I spent the night at Simon and Rosemarie's house outside of London.
Monday - Early morning taxi back to Heathrow, A.M. flight back to Basel.
Enough about all that. Check out all 150+ pictures HERE.
2 comments:
Hiya! Yes I admit I am a blog stalker! I love all your travels that you and Mrs. TBF plan! They always seem so romantic, and having two kids I don't get that anymore LOL :(
Anyways ... the place where you guys are all kicking it in front of the fireplace in your photos, is that someone's house or a bed n breakfast place? That is just beautiful and looks so nice and cozy, I think I would have a difficult time leaving from there!!
Melinda - Just so you know, I've looked at your blog quite a few times too.
We rented a house. It's owned by a construction company that builds homes like these just to rent them out - mostly for people to go salmon fishing for a week. It had six bedrooms and six bathrooms, but we only used three of them. Since it was no longer fishing season, it was a lot cheaper to rent than it would have been during peak season.
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