Friday, June 19, 2009

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Pier House



Eating an orange. Sort of.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Langskaill

Afternoon:

Just after midnight:

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Brough of Birsay



Dabbled in the North Sea at the Brough of Birsay.


Skara Brae

Visited Europe's best preserved 5000-year-old Neolithic village.

The new visitor center (which wasn't there 16 years ago) has a poem by George Mackay Brown on the wall of the cafe.



Monday, June 15, 2009

Stromness


Dinner at the Royal Hotel.

Kirkwall

We went to St. Magnus's Cathedral in Kirkwall. Had some Orkney ice cream. Granny gave Phoebe and Theo some windmill toys so they could learn the principles of aerodynamics.