Edinburgh

It was a disappointing start to the trip- Theresa and the two Sue's lost a day in the city due to travel delays and Josh and his brother had to cancel their round of golf in the Scottish countryside for one too many reasons.  But that definitely didn't stop us from making the most of our short trip.

 Northbridge

 

 

 Scott Monument- Josh and his brother kicked the bagpipes to the curb for the photo op.

 National Gallery of Scotland

 

 West Princes Street Gardens

 

Street market with the castle in the background

 

Time to hit the pubs

The Royal Bank of Scotland

 

Fitting...ha.

 

With one weary traveller asleep and the other three yet to arrive, Josh and I got to enjoy a date night at the Cambridge.

 

Day 2...time to play catch up with the rest of the crew.  Starting with a walk up the Royal Mile to the Castle.

 

View of Edinburgh from the Castle

 

Josh is on the other side...not too sure about this!?!

 

Lunch at the Whiski Room with the Olympic Parade going on right outside the window.

 

Typical UK weather...sunny in the morning, rain in the afternoon.

 

"Boozy Snoozy Sunday" at La Monde

 

Monday lunch at Ecco Vino before catching our flight

Battle of Britain

The one day that I take full advantage of every minute of my lunch break is the day of Battle of Britain air display.  From 11:00-1:00, anything that flies, does so right over Guernsey and Castle Cornet.  The finale includes the 7 planes that make up the red arrows.

Deep Sea Fishing

The perks of working for PwC and entertaining clients or being entertained are endless.  After a three course, wine & dine lunch at Christies, Josh and a group of co-workers and clients spent late afternoon deep sea fishing.  100 fish were caught between the 9 of them, and somehow one, larger then me, is camping out in our freezer (after a proud fisherman who had one too many beers was showing off his catch and dropped it on our kitchen floor).

 

 

Paris

It was a quick 48 hours in Paris, and although exhausting, very worth it. Chad came in for work, and we all stayed with Katie and Derek in the Bastille neighborhood.  I will fully blame Chad for the debauchery that was Friday night.  We are far too old for the clubs, and we all realized that Saturday morning.

 Family portrait

 Parisian clubbin'

 Meeting the locals

 Annie doing tough - cool pose

 Derek even tougher and cooler

 We were "iced"...if you don't know what that means, ask someone what "being Smirnoff iced" is...

 Versailles market

 Opulence!

 Amazing gardens

 A little rowing to work off the wine, cheese and other fresh food from the market

 We're not sure on the timeline, but we think this was either right before or right after I was attacked by bees...

 This was definitely after...

 How do I say "I look like a duck" in French?

 We're still in the gardens after it closed because of my giant lip...that was my plan all along.

 time for happy hour (notice I'm hiding my beak...more than a few children were horrified/amused on the Metro)

 City of Lights

Sailing Race

Josh has been racing aboard the sailboat Dreamtime.  I finally got out to take pictures of the boats circling as they were waiting for the race to begin.  A perfect night for a race with plenty of wind.  Unfortunately they had to forfeit because a member of their crew fell overboard and had to be taken to the hospital - a broken wrist, nothing too major.