A Week in Pictures

My first week of Easter holidays included some beautiful sights both near and far from home with my beloved cousins!  Here's a taste of what kept me busy that first week.

Edinburgh Castle in the sunshine!
In the toilets at the Elephant House where Harry Potter was written.
Mack and Stephanie in chilly Edinburgh.
Mack at Holyrood Palace
The 18th Hole in St. Andrews

St. Andrews Castle
Stephanie and I at St. Andrews

Where we attended Easter service

A rabbit on Easter!


Nessie!
Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness
We spotted Nessie!!!

Blair Castle




Scottish Highlands


Oban

Whiskey Distillery in Oban 
Inveraray Castle in Scotland



We had fun with panoramic possibilities

Chipping Campden, a village in the Cotswolds


The cottage where we stayed in the Cotswolds.  It is also a pub the J.R.R. Tolkien frequented!




Woburn Abbey


Afternoon Tea at Woburn Abbey where Afternoon Tea was first invented!

Sunshine at Stowe

On Stowe grounds
King's College at Cambridge University 


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