Julkryssning till Åbo / Christmas cruising to Turku. 25.12.



In Turku on Christmas day. The harbour in Turku

 

The Turku Castle

Letar efter julkänsla i Stockholm / Chasing some Christmas spirit in Stockholm

Traditionellt Jultorg på Stortorget i Gamla Stan / The big Square in The Old Town in Stockholm

Brända mandlar / Roasted almonds



Gamla Stan / The Old Town

God Jul! / Merry Christmas!

There was once a house, November 2011

Stockholm

Djurgården

Biologiska Muséet / Biological Museum, Djurgården

Nordiska Muséet / Djurgårdsvägen

Takutsmyckning på Riddarhuset. Minerva och en av fyra obelisker som byggdes för att fungera som skorstenar. Dessa byggdes av bildhuggaren Johan Baptista Dusart

The House of Nobility

Stockholm in November

M/S Viking Cinderella

Giraffes of Edinburgh

The two giraffes are made of scrap metal and old motorbikes and bits of cars by the artist, Helen Dennerly. They stand outside the Omni Centre. The giraffes official title is “Dreaming Spires” but they have been nicknamed Martha and Gilbert. The sculpture was unveiled in July 2005.

...and then we left Scotland and Edinburgh behind us and we went back home

Loch Ness & The Highlands of Scotland in 12 hours

We went on a 12-hour bustour to LochNess & the Highlands of Scotland with Gray Line


Hamish, the Highland Cow

 Highland Cows are born and bred to deal with the extreme weather conditions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. They are very hardy, but very gentle in nature.
Archaeological evidence places Highland cattle back in the 6th century. They are the oldest pedigree breed in the world and the Highland cattle Societies first herd dates to 1884.

Bidean nam Bian
The Three Sisters of Glen Coe are three steeply-sided ridges that extend north into the Glen.

Busstop at Pass of Glen Coe.

Cruise Loch Ness



Waiting for a cruise on Loch Ness.



On board and it's raining, but that doesn't matters because we have the right clothing...



Loch Ness



On the bus again, and a quick view of a mountain somewhere in the Highlands of  Scotland...

Urquhart Castle

The Writers' Museum

Writers' Museum

Greyfriars Bobby

Greyfriars Bobby

 Bobby, a Skye terrrier, belonged to an Edinburgh policeman, Jock Gray, who was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard in 1858. Loyal to the last, Bobby refused to leave his side and kept constant vigil by his master's grave. He was adopted by the locals, became an Edinburgh folk hero, and when he died 14 years later, special dispensation was given for Bobby to be buried alongside Jock.

Bobby's grave

The real Greyfriars Bobby on a picture in Bobby's Bar