The Journey North

As we drove north from Edinburgh to Scrabster, this Rolls-Royce seemed to be following us.

We stopped at the Glenmorangie distillery.

We took the Hamnavoe ferry from Scrabster to Stromness.



We saw the Old Man of Hoy.



The Hamnavoe is faster and more luxurious than the old St. Ola. It even had tables of toys for Phoebe to play with.

Auntie Ros and Uncle Paul

Drove to Cardrona to see Auntie Ros and Uncle Paul (here seen on the wall).

Hanging with Theo

Took the train to Edinburgh and met up with cousin Theo again.

Hanging with Zosia

London

Our trip to London was not very well planned. We got a late start. We forgot the street atlas that Nicholas and Patrycja had given us, and had to buy a new one. Then we found that the camera battery was almost entirely dead, so the only pictures we managed to take were of Phoebe reading the atlas in the Italian Gardens at the north of Kensington Gardens.


However, we had time to do a pretty thorough exploration of Kensington Gardens (reminiscent of the Infocom game Trinity), and a complete circuit of Buckingham Palace Garden.

Zosia

Flew to England to meet cousin Zosia in Henley-on-Thames!

The Pacific Ocean

Before leaving for the UK, we took Phoebe for a dabble in the ocean. The theory was that she should wade in her local ocean before possibly paddling in European waters.




Afterward we went to Creative Sushi for our farewell dinner.