Monday, May 24, 2010

Random Thoughts about Scotland

This little sign adorned the entry to our hotel. At breakfast one morning the kids made a snowman from the waxy coating off the cheese to replace another piece of art - the newspaper machetes. What a clever idea for a little exchange!


Various patterns and colors of plaid represent different clans in Scotland. We found surnames such as Thomson, Clark, Wilson, Anderson, and many others. Each last name is printed as a label for the plaid.
Then you can find your family plaid in the form of a scarf, kilt, or patch of cloth. These were scarves.
Playgrounds in Europe consist of very different equipment than we have back home. This is one contraption seen everywhere here, but we have never spotted one in the States.

Here we are at the train station in London after the volcano interupted our plans to return home by plane. There were at least 3 news stations documenting the chaos while were we in line to pick up our train tickets, so while waiting for our departure, we found a little quiet spot upstairs.


There weren't many things to do except count the pounds and pence we had not yet used then head downstairs to spend them on snacks for the ride home.

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