Morningstar Inn

We stayed  at a great inn in  the heart of town called the Morningstar Inn.  It is  just a a few blocks from the main street with great shops and many good resturants.  Our hosts were wonderful.  It turns out that they purchased this as an enormous single familly home in 2000 and converted it to a B&B that opened in 2001.   All of the updates are perfectly blended to maintain the original integrity of the home’s features and the billards room, glassed-in porch, living and dining rooms, and the all-important butler’s pantry that’s open for drinks around the clock.



Steel Stacks at Night

We went to a movie at the old steel foundry, which has been gentrified. The stacks are all lite up at night.  Photo was taken with phone camera. more

V-day Outing

Hey we liked Bethlehem PA so much we are going of a little get away for V-day. We’ll leave at 3:00 pm ish after work. More later. more

Irene is paying us a visit today!

@ 11:00 am: First wind just blew in, all has been very still out there. Not much sound from birds or bugs. @ 11:45 am: rain started. Went to the village for beer & wine. @ 1:00pm:got the candles and lighters out.                 @2:45 pm: rain is picking up… more
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About Bethlehem

The town was founded by a group of Moravians in early 1700′s the oldest building still remaining, Gemeinhaus, dating back to 1741, is a National Historic Landmark.   The Historic Bethlehem organization is a non-profit  associate of the Smithsonian Institute. They offer a number of historic tours and there are a number of  Museums and… more
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We’re in Bethlehem

Bethlehem Pennsylvania that is, we’re here for a family reunion. Of course, true to our nature, we got here earlier the day before events really kicked off, so we could scout out the old abandoned and historic places.  During our look around the old section of town we paid a visited  their very large and… more
Rosslyn Chapel grave site

Grave site at Rosslyn Chapel

While Dan Brown made famous much of the symbolism within the chapel (for which the chapel stewards are very grateful), this grave site outside was interesting on its own.  I think this was back in the day when you could pick these up at the Stone Depot. more

Road Home

Sadly we all had to leave Edinburgh this morning. Been a long day of travel. We should all sleep well tonight. Dropping Janet off first. Hope to be home by 10:15 and in bed shortly there after. Will add more photos tomorrow. more
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Ghostly apparitions appearing in photos

Ever since we took a ghost walk through Edinburgh’s underworld, I’m starting to recognize many more paranormal ghostly apparitions in my photos, as you can see in this example. more
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Last Night In Edinburgh

Well this is it, the last night for the grand vacation. Was a full day again, but doesn’t seem like we did much compared to the other days. After breakfast we headed off to Rosslyn Chapel.  The restoration of the chapel appears much further along that it was a few (six!) years back.  There were… more

Was A Full Day In Edinburgh

Starting off the day with a very nice breakfast at a little place called Always Sunday.  Had a veggie Haggis, to-ma-toe, some veggie sausages, and a bit of scrambled egg. Stopped in to St. Gilles for a look around for a few mins. at the the Edward Burn Jones/William Morris & Co. stained glass windows.… more
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Picture of Debbie in Edinburgh

Deb agreed to being in this picture, taken from atop Edinburgh Castle. Debbie is standing down by the bus. more
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Road to Edinburgh

We left the River View apartments, our two day home base in Glasgow today and headed north to see the Highlands. Glasgow was clear this morning when we started. As we have heard more than once when commenting on the weather, “Ah yes, in 15 mins that will change”. And so it did. As we… more

Paddy Keenan

All here at the Tron waiting for the concert to start. We have great seats 3d row center. Had a great meal at the Tron cafe, which is attached to the venue, highly recommend it. Heard the concert will be record on video. Wonder if we will ever get to see it. No photos allowed,… more
Tea at the Willow Room

Scotland, Woohoo!!!

Was a long rough day today as we all said goodbye to our wonderful apartment at Room With A View apartments. Up super early 4:30, (way before the Icelandic crack of dawn which comes up at about 10:00 am) to catch and early fight to Scotland after a very late night of  dinner, handball, and drinking. The… more

Reserved Seating

Day 2 of kicking someone out of their seats so we could watch handball. At least today it was because people were sitting at our reserved table that I smiled my way to get. more
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Last Day In Iceland

Was a great day overall, but we didn’t get to do most of what we planed for the day. The morning was bright and clear, and the gang went to the pool came back and we did a little last min. shopping in the AM. We then took to the road heading south to see… more
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