Welcome to our travels and adventures


Welcome to our travels and adventures

50th Honeymoon Trip Day 7 & 8

17050432 May 19 Scottie Man At DockToday we are in Glasgow 17050435 May 19 Queens Guard Greet UsScotland. We are doing a tour to The Falkirk Wheel and to Stirling Castle. We had a young lady from the area as a tour guide and she was very good. I just love listening to their accents. When we docked we were in Greenock. It has a 90% rate of unemployment.
T17050445 May 19 Houses On The Moorhe drive to the wheel is 1 ½ hours through some beautiful countryside and along the River Clyde. We saw a large 17050555 May 19 House They Hit Mary Queen Of Scots rock in the middle of the river and a house on it near the water. This house was built to hide Mary Queen of Scots. They had heard that someone was going to kidnap the young queen so they hid her out here. Her father died when she was 6 days old and she became the Queen. We continued along, viewing homes, gardens and 17050451 May 19 Arriving At Falkirk Wheelchurches and finally arrived at the wheel. In the parking lot were two horse heads, they are called Kelpies here. They are a 17050452 May 19 Inside The Vesselsmall replica of the original Kelpies that stand 30 meters high further away. 17050454 May 19 Selfie Of UsThe Wheel lifts the boat up 24 meters to the canal. 17050456 May 19 Going UpWe go through a tunnel and turn around on the other side. All the locks are 17050458 May 19 Above The Building
manually controlled and a man is positioned at each one of 17050459 May 19 At The Top Of The Channelthem. Being a lock operator must be a boring job.

17050462 May 19 Grosse In Bloom

17050471 May 19 Village By Falkirk WheelFrom here we continue to Stirling Castle. The town is divided into lower Stirling and upper Stirling where the castle is located17050500 May 19 Barb By Steps. Only one couple got off in the lower more modern part of town. The castle is very large and a lot of the rooms mostly 17050503 May 19 Castle Entrance empty. We walked around and I really liked the wood carvings of all the faces of royalty. I am amazed at all the flowering azaleas, 17050518 May 19 Mary Queen Of Scotland Lived Herepeonies, daisies, rhododendrons and roses all in bloom. It is really pretty watching all the English Gardens as we17050517 May 19 Courtyard drive by.





17050554 May 19 Castle From Bottom Of Hill

17050557 May 19 Piping Us Out Of The HarborWe got stopped on the motorway in Glasgow because of a 4 car accident and thought we were going to be late getting back to the boat. We made it just on time. One bus came in 45 minutes late as they got caught in traffic also. A pipe band marched up and down the dock with the large Scotty dancing behind them. 17050559 May 19 Cheers Terri Mark

We popped the champagne that Terri & Mark sent us and sat out on our balcony to watch and listen. After dinner we went to the theatre and watched Uptown. Three young guys danced and sang such an upbeat performance. They were fantastic and we enjoyed the show immensely. What a great end to a wonderful day.

17050566 May 19 Sun Is Going Down
Saturday May 20
I am so grateful that today is an At Sea day. I am exhausted, we are averaging 10,000 17050569 May 20 Memosa Toast (2)steps a day and Barb’s hips are crying out for some relief. We started out with our honeymoon breakfast that Terri & Mark gave us. Wow, the purser brought so much food th17050568 May 20 Famosa Toast (1)at I asked the waiter if we were having guests join us, LOL!! We had smoked salmon plate, fresh fruit plate, pastry plate and Quiche Lorraine. Along with that we had champagne, orange juice and coffee. It was too cold to eat out on the balcony so we were set up in front of the windows and had a very enjoyable meal.
We walked up to the 16th floor Skywalker deck and around to the front, went to the Thermal room to see what it was all about. We don’t have our bathing suits so the 17050575 May 20 Over North End Of Scotlandshower is out, the sauna is too steamy for Barb, she is already having trouble breathing in the hallway. There was an aroma therapy room and a room with hot lounge chairs. A large man was laying 17050578 May 20 Lots Of Great Cliffsnaked except for the towel that covered his privates. So we decided we didn’t want to lay on a lounge with him there, we will come back another day. We asked if we could change it for a foot massage but 17050582 May 20 Cliffsshe said there are no changes. So off the front of the ship and then to lunch. We ate with a couple from Montreal Bill & Lydia, who do a lot of cruising. They were a lot of fun and very interesting that after our meal we sat and talked for a while before going back to our room. With having a balcony it makes no sense to be pushed 17050585 May 20 Supper By The Windowaround and put up with all the noise to sit and read. I worked on pictures and Terry read up on our next exit from the ship and played some solitaire. In the evening we went to the theatre to watch the Princess singers and dancers put on a Broadway Ballroom Show. It was just awesome and they did a great job even with the ship bobbing and weaving in the water. After this was over we 17050589 May 20 Balloon Drop Tonightwent and watched ballroom dancing were a lady was teaching the waltz. It was fun to watch mainly the men trying to do this. One oriental couple picked it up quickly and they were very good. From here we went to the Explorer’s Bar and were joined by another couple from California. We played trivia as a team but only got two answers right.17050594 May 20 Balloons Have Dropped






Back to the room to watch some news of the States and to bed.