England And Scotland

We had a wonderful time in the UK for two weeks, we will highlight the adventure as we saw so much it gets overwhelming. In London we stayed at the Holiday Inn, Mayfair district. Good location and decent price for the 3 of us, while the food was gotten better in London, its pricey, so if possible eat in the pubs, and try each pubs beer, I did , lol. We saw Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, Tower of London, British Museum , Churchill's War Room, Hamton Court, Stonehenge, Oxford and Sherlock Holmes Museum and a few other places. Those mentioned are must see with kids, for us the best where Tower of London, War Room and Stonehenge. You can get a tour of Stonehenge and one other location for a 1/2 day which is better than driving out on your own unless you have a car for the duration of your holiday. Also the on/off bus is very good , we tend to use that at the start to get a fell where everything is.

We then flew up to Edinburgh and joined our tour, we used Collette Vacations and they where great but we discovered we didn't like the part of living out of the suitcase (the longest we where in one place was 2 nights), it works for some but ...Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood are excellant while in town , the other highlights where Culloden Battlefield (like Gettysburgh for the Scots) Ring of Brodgar, similar to Stonehenge but older, and Skara Brae which is a newly discovered remnant of a stone village approx 5000 years old (like Ring of Brodgar) which very little is known. The real highlight was Orkney Island, where we learned about Italian POW's during World War 2 and the church they built, but you need to go and see it and hear the story,its too wondeful to spoil. The Isle of Skye , Loch Ness and an hour cruise on Loch Lomand were included and all fun. We ate a lot of Salmon and Fish and Chips, but when in the UK do what they do, lol
We added an extra day in Glasgow, which has a couple of very excellant museums, one of which is the Children's Science, all hands on and great for kids of all ages

So much more to tell, but its more fun to tell and show pictures in 3D, so until then...