Holyrood Palace

A couple of weekends ago we took a trip to see the queen’s abode when she visits Scotland. It’s old and massive and pretty fun to tour. The inside was very nice and Graham and I attempted some dancing in the ballroom. 

Founded as a monastery in 1128, the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is The Queen’s official residence in Scotland. Situated at the end of the Royal Mile, the Palace of Holyroodhouse is closely associated with Scotland’s turbulent past, including Mary, Queen of Scots, who lived here between 1561 and 1567. Successive kings and queens have made the Palace of Holyroodhouse the premier royal residence in Scotland. Today, the Palace is the setting for State ceremonies and official entertaining.

Cancer Research 10K

Graham is going to be running in a 10K for cancer research. Help out if you can by sponsoring him here http://www.run10ksponsorme.org/grahamclark

It’s a great cause!

Edinburgh Castle

The castle was great and I got lots of great photos! I kind of want to go again and spend some more time there. It was fun to see an actual castle.

When we left The Proclaimers (you know…the “I would walk 500 miles…” guys) were rehearsing for a concert right outside the castle. 

Edinburgh Zoo

 

We managed to go to the zoo on a pretty nice day.

Graham also took some video which I have to convert so I can post it.

        

Deep Sea World

A few weeks ago we took a short train trip to Fife to Deep Sea World. It was fun but I must say I was disappointed with their “Seal Sanctuary” which consisted of 2 seals.