Last week the three of us drove up to Scotland for a visit. It was a work trip for Nick but Calvin and I tagged along so we could visit friends in Dundee and St. Andrews. This was our first long road trip with the toddler (he was an easy sleeping 6 month old on our last drive across the island) and he gave us quite a lot of screaming on Day 2 but overall, did pretty well. We split the long drive up into two days, stopping in York for a few hours and then spending the night in Durham. On the way back, we stopped and spent the night in the Lake District but unfortunately had terrible weather and couldn't fully enjoy the beautiful surroundings. We treated it as a scouting trip and now know that we want to go back there.
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| Conquering the slide at a playground in St. Andrews (note the cathedral in the background) |
One thing we learned on this trip is that Cal and sit-down restaurants do not mix. If you were to happen upon us at a restaurant last week, you would have seen Nick or me eating our food as fast as we can while the other parent chased around the (sometimes screaming) boy. Meals were a stressful time.
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| Cathedral running |
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| Roman wall running |
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| Lake watching |
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| Ancient stone circle lounging |
All in all, our time in Scotland was busy but it was wonderful to see all of our friends. It is such a beautiful country and I hope we get to visit again soon (but not in the winter!).
Our adventure in pictures is mostly documented
here but I failed to take photos of all the friends we saw. I'm terrible at remembering that I have a camera sometimes.
2 comments:
These pictures are a lot cooler than the ones I had as a kid standing next to cows and such. There weren't many ancient cathedrals hanging around PA.
Your boy won't be able to ever remember all of the amazing experiences that you've given him in the past two years. But he'll be shaped by them forever. Bravo to both of you!
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