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June 11 Big pound-the-pavement day in Florence.  After hotel breakfasts (there is nothing as scrumptious as hotel breakfasts in Italy!  Those chocolate croissants….) we took off to use our 9 a.m. ticket for Accademia Gallery to get our fill of Michelangelo.  I had seen … Continue reading →

Exciting day!  Raina left early to join her friends at their hotel to do her hair.  I had breakfast with Jeff and Al and then we packed up.  My work had just begun.  At 11:30 we checked out, I walked over to car park … Continue reading →

June 8, 2022 Woke up to rain. We obviously cannot complain after having such gorgeous weather, and Jeff and Raina were expecting it because it’s Scotland, so it’s all good. Up for 7 a.m. breakfast and headed over to Edinburgh … Continue reading →

June 7, 2022 Our journey through the Highlands complete, we make our way down to Edinburgh. Another sunny day accompanies us as we drive through rolling hills and birch and fir lined highways, our days of single lane roads mostly … Continue reading →

I was rudely awakened by Al this morning telling me it was time to get up, we had to get going.  That’s what I get for not doing any of the planning.  Our second Loch Ness boat ride was this morning.  We went … Continue reading →

June 5, 2022 (Late posting because we had no consistent internet for two days.) Also I was able to post a few photos finally on the last couple of blogs so have at it if you want. Left Isle of … Continue reading →

The Isle of Skye. It just sounds magical, doesn’t it? It is. I again did the driving but no matter, the scenery was all around us and hard to miss. We did a big circle around the whole isle, which … Continue reading →

Got up ready to roll as we had a reservation for a RIB boat ride on Loch Ness. Unbelievably, there was not a cloud in the sky. We cannot believe our good fortune. It is chilly and windy especially on … Continue reading →

We woke up to a beautiful morning on Loch Lomond. I haven’t mentioned the weather has been just fine. We compare it to winter in San Francisco which is tolerable at worst and there has been very little rain. We … Continue reading →