By Julian (The Texas Giant, 10 ft 5 in) We hopped out of our dunking beds and screamed: “it’s roadie time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Because it’s Sunday, we had to go to mass. For mass, we attended St Benedict’s Parish (Chesapeake, VA). The traditional mass was brilliant and we also got to see a group of communicants receive…
We get an early start and go to Edradour distillery, the smallest distillery in all of Scotland. They only have two machines to crush and soak the barley so they only produce 12 casks of whiskey each week. They have been distilling Whiskey the same way and using the same equipment since 1825 when…
We take the bridge back to the mainland, on are way there we run into an old abandoned castle, and then head to Inverness. When we arrive we find a place to park and then search for place to get some lunch, we run in to some bagpipe players playing in front of Mc Donald’s,…
We start the day by doing laundry. At first I thought there wasn’t much laundry . But little did I know, Max and Julian had big bags of dirty cloths. So I take their bags and toss them into the washer. After we are done the laundry we hit the road for Stonehenge. On the…
After parking we head to Kauppatori Market Square where you can buy fresh strawberries, all types of fish, shrimps, and crabs. At the market you find stands cooking up Finnish meatballs and lots of fresh fish. We stop at one of the stands and we get a meat plate full of meatballs, sausages, chicken, and garlic potatoes. We also get 2…
We spent a fun and lazy day recharging at the beach in Viesta. We checked out the competing beach bars/sun chair rental clubs, and decided on the one close to the white cliffs. It was amazing! Just lying in the sun for hours and hours….only getting up for coke refills,reading, watching people, and tanning! I…
It had been five days since the transmission failed on the Renault, and it was time to drive into Rome and pick up the car. Wrong…..We drove into the Renault dealership to see the entire front of the Renault torn apart. The Renault would probably not be ready to drive until Friday because special parts…
We intended to get up early to take the 8:00 am metro to Vatican City and beat the crowds to see the Vatican museum. That did not happen. Sleeping in was just too big of a temptation:) We arrived in Vatican City around 11:00 am, and saw the swiss guards in their striped pantaloons. The…
A very interesting day. We woke up early and drove into Rome to avoid the rush hour. We planned to see the National Museum, the Borghese Gallery, and spend another evening at the Spanish steps. As we pulled into our parking lot across from the metro, the car’s transmission failed. It literally just went out.…
It is our first day in Rome! ROME! But before we began sight-seeing we got Roma passes (a metro pass for three days, including two free sites, and all other sights 30 percent off). We also bought Max and Julian some new clothes. Max especially! He is not the most carefull when it comes to…
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