Another Trip for Us!

The summer has been crazy and I haven't blogged in awhile...pretty much the whole summer.

This post won't really do it justice either, but Aaron and I spent two and a half weeks in the UK and France for part of our summer vacation. 

The kids stayed home.

 

Can't get more London than this!

Or This!
 

The Seine behind us. And Paris.

Mont St. Michel - look it up!

 

Omaha Beach and the Whitakers

6'4" Aaron in a bomb crater at Pont du Hoc

Sainte-Mère-Église. Notice the parachute memorial.

Came across this and thought we'd take a picture

Us in our beautiful helmets (we were riding segways) at Les Invalides

Back in England and Aaron gets to fly a biplane

Planes were definitely the order of the day in Duxford, Cambridge

Burghley House. Maybe we'll move here

Hiking Catbells in the Lake District.  Wished the kids were here. They would have loved it.

Made it to the Top!

The walks were fantastic!

Found a stone stile in the rock wall

Castlerigg Stone Circle outside of Keswick.  Older and better than Stonehenge

Canoeing with the hubs on Durwentwater

We just couldn't get over the scenery we saw on all our walks

The pub grub was good too, even if the 17th century ceilings were a tad short

The gates, the stone walls, the lake. Couldn't have loved it more

Fort William Scotland. Original fort gate

Inverlochy Castle ruins. from the 12th century

 

Steam train, and we're hiking on the Great Highland Way.

Eilean Donan Castle. Got there early, but so did three tour buses.

The feet in Loch Ness. Tempting for the monster, I'm sure.

Clan burial marker at Culloden Battle Field

Fort George. More massive than it looks from this angle.

Looking east across the North Sea.  Maybe if we squint we'll see Denmark

The massive Arbroath Abbey Ruins and teeny tiny Aaron. Arbroath is the town that Aaron's ancestors lived in.
 

Eating a famous Arbroath Smokie in an 17th century Arbroath pub

 The view of Edinburgh from the castle

Aaron made a friend.

Crazy crowds for the Tattoo and the Edinburgh Festival.

This trip was a once in a lifetime opportunity.  We are so glad we decided to take it and go.