Day 9 ... highlights the City of Chester and Shakespeare's birthplace ... today was the end of our bus tour and we had a couple of great stops - one being Chester [one of the few remaining walled cities in England], and the last being Stratford-upon-Avon [the birthplace of William Shakespeare]. This morning began with Beanie secretly telling our tour director, Peter Staff, that today is her dad's birthday and that he really didn't want anyone to know ... BUT sh...

Day 8 ... highlights The Lake District and English slang ... I felt it was somewhat unfortunate to leave Edinburgh today, really wanted to stay longer and explore some more - especially the weird and funky happenings of The Festival. This morning we made our way to The Lake District (close to Keswick, Engand), with its beautiful and indescribable landscapes - there is so much variety in each eyeframe, and so much to take in, it really is hard to describe. Thi...

Day 7 ... highlights … highlights City of Edinburgh (pronounced Ed-DIN-burrrrr-[roll the Rs]-AH) and the Military Tattoo … as with all bus tours we had an early start today and basically made our way to Edinburgh. Along the way at our quick lunch stop our tour guide, Peter, procured a bottle of Scottish single malt scotch whisky {Speyburn} and we were each given a "dram" to sample … my seating partner today (Pat) didn't like whisky so I got her portion ...

Day 6 ... highlights beginning of our 5-day bus tour adventure toward Edinburgh, Scotland & the quaint city of York ... began our day with an ever-interesting black cab ride to the wrong location in London ... almost late for our bus tour departure !! The tour will have us making our way to Edinburgh, Scotland with some key stops along the way. About a year ago I purchased a book entitled "1,000 Things to See Before you Die" and 2 of the 1,000 are on the ...

Day 5 ... highlights second jog through Hyde Park & holding Sabine's hand ... tough to pick out the highlights, could note a number of low lights but likley disdain is not the best thing to blog about - so onto the travels of the day. We went to Buckingham Palace today and toured around the inside seeing a few state rooms that were quite magnificent - unbelieveable art, furniture, marble statues ... all very grand. The crowds of people - once again - were ...