
The Victoria and Albert Museum This is a view from the courtyard where we had a snack after viewing the...
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Clock tower at Westminster Palace We took a great boat tour up the Thames, from near Westminster up to...
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Traitor's Gate at the Tower of London
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Greenwich Mean Time We walked up from the pier in Greenwich to the Royal Observatory. Oddly, I...
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Straddling East and West This is the Prime Meridian line in Greenwich, the zero degree...
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View from the Millennium footbridge Looking down the Thames toward the Queen Street Bridge (I think).
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Covent Garden
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Covent Garden busker
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St. Paul's and the Millennium Bridge Taken from the top floor of the Tate Modern gallery. There's a great cafe...
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London canal, near Little Venice We took a canal boat tour from Little Venice to Camden town.
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Along the canal
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Camden Lock The canal tour ended here.
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The British Museum The roof of the central courtyard in the British Museum. This is one...
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Glasgow, Buchanan Street We went on a shopping tour of central Glasgow one afternoon, walking from...
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Alley of Pubs near University of Glasgow We spent an afternoon with Pauline and Ronnie and Juliette at the Kelvingrove...
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Edinburgh Castle We took the train from Glasgow to Edinburgh for the afternoon. We saw...
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A close in Edinburgh We went on a tour of Mary King's Close, which is an alley like this one,...
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Interesting building in Edinburgh On our way to the train station, we stopped at a cafe across the street from...
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Roof-tops in Edinburgh
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Largs, viking memorial This memorial commemorates the Scots defeat of the Vikings in 1263....
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Cambrae Island A view through the flowers of Cambrae Island across the Firth of Clyde from...
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Glen Coe The first night of our Highland tour we spent in Glen Coe, where the...
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Glen Coe The view from the Claicaig Inn, where we stayed. The inn featured a great...
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Glen Coe The rain created waterfalls almost everywhere we looked.
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Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness We stopped here on our way up the Great Glen to take a break. This castle was...
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Broch along the coast Remnants of an ancient stone tower along the road to Thurso on the...
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Stromness, Orkney Islands We took a ferry from Scrabster to Stromness, which is a port on the...
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Beach, Orkney Island mainland We went for a long walk along the coast our first night in Stromness.
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Skara Brae This is a prehistoric village uncovered by a storm in the 19th century. The...
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Skara Brae They speculate that this structure was some kind of workshop, as it...
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Skara Brae
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Skara Brae
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Skaill House This is the manor house of the laird on whose property Skara Brae is located.
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Ring of Brodgar This is a ring of 27 standing stones not far from Stenness on Orkney.
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Ring of Brodgar, with heather
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Ring of Brodgar These standing stones were placed here 5000 years ago, for reasons no one now...
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Plastic-wrapped bales of hay!
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Maes Howe This tomb was created around the same time as the standing stone...
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Orkney Island road We took a public bus for part of our tour of the island, but walked about 3...
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Unstan Cairn This is another Neolithic tomb, on the edge of a loch across from the Ring of...
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Inside Unstan Cairn The roof of the tomb was replaced, with glass skylights included to...
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House on island in Stromness harbor
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Ferry pier, Scrabster There were several mannequins set up on the pier, for what reason...
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Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness As seen from our tour boat.
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Climbing Cairn Gorm We hiked up Coire Cas to the summit of Cairn Gorm.
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From the summit of Cairn Gorm
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Summit of Cairn Gorm The highest restaurant in Scotland is on this mountain, accessible by...
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Cairn Gorm, looking at other mountains These pictures only hint at how stunning the view was. You could see...
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Looking out from Stirling Castle On our way from Aviemore back to Glasgow, we stopped at Stirling to...
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Stirling Castle Our last afternoon in Scotland...
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