A long travel day but a great one with trains, ferries, & vans. Before leaving our apartment, Dick did a morning run to pick up provisions for the journey. Trouble ahead though as Mary is showing signs of what could be an e-coli issue. We taxied to Glasgow Center and Queen Street Station, one of…
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Glasgow is the home of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and we’re huge fans. We booked the ‘Willow Tea Room’ in Glasgow City for breakfast. The Willow is Mackintosh inspired and based on the tea rooms which were the rage in Glasgow in the early 1900’s. Mackintosh’s influence on the Arts and Crafts movement and Frank Lloyd…
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The golfing portion of our holiday is over. Bill and Kevin have headed back to Pittsburgh and Arkansas on early flights while Don & I are remaining in Glasgow where the ladies will join us. We had some early time in Paisley before checking out of our hotel, the ‘Ashtree’, and took a short stroll…
View MoreIt’s been an interesting six weeks in South America! We visited three countries (Peru, Ecuador, & Chile), took twelve flights (and one multi-stop boat trip), covered 16,657 miles, lodged in eighteen different spots, experienced two earthquakes, shared bouts of traveler’s disease (or norovirus – not sure which) and enjoyed a little political turmoil: martial law…
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