I am back from vacation (pics)
 

I am finally back from my vacation and ready to get back to work. If anybody has sent me an email or icq sine I was gone be assured I am working through the mountain and will be back with you soon.

In the meantime I thought I would share a few pics from the trip.

We decided to explore the UK a bit and we went to Liverpool, York and Edinburgh.


Liverpool:

My husband is actually from the Liverpool area and as my parents were over from the States and big Beatles fans we really mostly did Liverpool with them in mind and hit all the Beatles things for them. We started out at Albert Docks which is where many of our ancestors sailed from to the 'new world'. It so happened the Tall Ships were there at the same time. :

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York

We have visited York a number of times and always enjoy it and since it was on the way to Scotland we stopped there for a few days. The big thing in York in the York Minsters which is stunning even if you don't have a religious bone in your body:

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Great pics Sarah. How was the wedding?

Edinburgh

Neither of us had been to Scotland prior to this trip and we were a bit surprised by how much we liked Edinburgh. Edinburgh is a beautiful city full of character. We stayed right on the Royal Mile so we have a lot of access to the historical buildings. I had a bit of a fascination with the old graveyards which was very atmospheric (largely due to their age and disrepair) and had a lot of notable graves such as that of Adam Smith:

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Very well..it rained all day except for the hour surrounding our ceremony and picture taking.

Great pics Sarah...The York first one is really amazing!!

Great photos. makes me want to think about a vacation.

Nice pics Sarah!!!

Thank you. It doesn't even do the Minster justice..it is massive and beautiful with it.

At least you got a nice bit of weather up here last week eh? Nice pics of Edinburgh.. did you check out the Castle? Been there a few times with various guests from the business. AaronM loved Edinburgh castle, too bad the guards didn't love him LOL.

It was 22 to 25 the entire time we were in Edinburgh. My folks kept saying how that 'wasn't really hot' until they finally experienced the joy of such heat in the air conditioning void that is the UK.

We stayed on the Mile on the end down towards Holyrood and Parliament (weird building in a beautiful setting). So, my exercise every morning was to walk up to the castle but I didn't go in because it was so crowded by the time it opened. Plus, the one time I was going to go in it was closed because there was a Girls Aloud concert being held there..lol. We are going to go back later in the year in the off-season and check it out.

I did discover that I actually like haggis...didn't try a deep fried mars bar though.

Nice pics Sarah. It looks like you had a great time!

I miss going on vacation

Ok am I the only one that sees a face to the left of the opening on the tomb?

:helpme:helpme

nice pics......

John Lennon?

No, I see it too. It's giving the peace sign.

wow, Sara, those photos are amazing... I'm so envious :)

holy shit... youre right... on the wall with the helmet? try to blow it up.. youll see a fairly detailed nose and mouth too... Thats if youre game :winkwink:

wrong one... on the left facade, next to the door...

awesome pictures, hope you enjoyed your vacation

fooled me too lol

great pics sarah

We are talking about the same thing. :) Look slightly down from the face and a farther left...looks like an arm with the peace sign.

view the original pic and the quoted pic and the image sources... awesome photoshop of Mr Lennon's ghost though :thumbsup

cool pics

photo what? Lennon huh? what? :winkwink:

shit stickyfingers doing photoshops now.. ? wtf lol..

Photoshop? Whats that? :upsidedow

cleverly done :)

Gave me a giggle for a while. Bet a few people did a double take. :winkwink:

I admit that I had to go look at my first picture.

looks like fun :thumbsup

Great pictures, looks like you had a blast.

you almost had me...

HEY!

You go on the "Needs a Spankin'!" list for that. ;)

Totally got me, was doing multiple things and not paying much attention. Might not have caught it if I were paying attention though. :)

Good one!

i need to start traveling

Great pix.I've always wanted to visit there

sounds so great. I know you are busy catching up but if you ever get a chance, would love to get your opinions on what to do etc when I head over to England in Sept. Liverpool, etc.

great pics!

Great pics!

great looking pictures

Thanks for sharing. The pics of Edinburgh remind me of when I first went there in 1988. I was at that exact cemetary and took pictures as well.

Nice pics Sarah :)

Great photos!!

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welcome back :)

interesting vacation photos , thanx :D

I've been in Liverpool and the cavern with my band! Cool place!

cool pics..

Nice pics Sarah and congrats on the wedding

Glad you had a nice time, I'm from Liverpool but live down south now.