Tourism

Looking from the castle walls, east past St. Giles Cathedral to Arthur's Seat.

Edinburgh Castle

2014-03-26 Historic, Tourism 0

We walked up High Street — which in Edinburgh is a mile of kebab/pizza/fish & chips restaurants, historical markers, and tourist tchotchke shops — to […]

Rosslyn Chapel

Rosslyn Chapel

2014-03-25 Tourism 0

We trained from Glasgow Queen St. to Ediburgh Waverly (the central station). After checking in to our hotel, we walked north up Bridge St., then […]

The Memorial Arch is dedicated to the officers and private soldiers of the Continental Army, December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778.

Valley Forge

2013-03-28 Historic, Tourism 0

Terrain dictates battles. You can’t understand the battle unless you understand the terrain. And you can’t understand the terrain from the comfort of your car. […]

The National Mall, in Washington D.C.

National Mall

2013-03-25 Tourism 0

The weather went from chilly, but warming, on Saturday, to chilly all day on Sunday, to cold & snowy on Monday — which was, of […]

Przewalski's Horse ... male in back kept getting kicked by the female in front. We left before my grandaughter witnessed anything unexplainable to a 3-year old.

National Zoo

2013-03-24 Tourism 0

Our second full day in DC, we planned on visiting the National Zoo with our younger son and his family. We took the 32 bus […]