Well today is the most important day of my trip. The day i go to my Grandfather's home town. What a beautiful town on the North Sea. I rented a car and travelled north through Aberdeen to the little fishing town of Banff. What an incredible place to see. So well kept and clean. I ate dinner on the rocks beside the sea as the sun was starting to go down. Tonight i'm staying in a small villiage a little further west of Banff called Cullen. I had a wee dram of (...

Hello everyone! Happy Independence Day to my family in the States. Today has been a bit of a rest day. I slept in a little and then did a bunch of planning and preparation for the next few days. Ive researved a car for the trek up to Aberdeen and the Banffshire area. There is a bed and breakfast in Cullen that i will be staying at so it will be an early start. Laundry was a snap this time one quick load and my bag was packed up before bed. tomorrow will be a...

Good evening everyone......evening, afternoon; its 5 o'clock somewhere!! Have a beer for me. I'm having one for you. Ha ha ha. Today I rose early for a quick breakfast and a hurry up and wait line at the gates for the Castle. Argh......the crowd was unexpected as i planned my arrival just when the gates opened for the day. The castle structure was absolutely amazing. It was built on a volcanic rock formation. There is evidence of human inhabitants at this ...

I still don't have any fireworks pictures from anyone! Today has been very relaxing. I had a late sleep in to say the least, getting up at 6am! (mountain standard time) My only plans for the day were to hike around Holyrood park and enjoy the vistas as they may come. I went up to Arthur's seat and sat on a smaller hill just south of the seat. Took it all in looking over the Forth of Firth with a surprisingly warm breeze coming off of the water. I could sme...

Hope everyone has a great day! somebody send me some fireworks pictures please. Bit of a catch up day. Moved into new digs and did laundry all day. Linda's Grad dinner tonight tty all later.