Coming back
from Edinburgh, Scotland/Carlos Pueblo
The fall trip
of Scotland was consisted of three nights stay in Edinburgh
in two parts,
first we flew in to London to have a complete visit of Queen
Mary’s rose
garden at the Royal Regent Park, then we flew north to Scotland.
During the
three days stay, we visited the old town Edinburgh including the
world famous
University of Edinburgh, then we took a train back to London
and a
shuttle bus to the cruise terminal at Southampton to hop on a 11 days
transatlantic
voyage to New York City. On our way back, we disembark at
Lerwick,
Shetland Island of Scotland, Reykjavik,
Iceland, St. John’s, Newfoundland,
Canada,
Portland, Maine, and finally Manhattan, New York City. Every city has
stories to
tell even at Laguardia Airport waiting for the plane to come back.
Finally,
after three attempts to observe the rose blooming at Queen Mary’s Rose
Garden, I
met the fall blossom. I took about 350 shots on my Canon for my records
Of the
famous rose gardens around the world, for example, Malaga City Hall in Spain,
the Palace
Rose Garden in Copenhagen, Denmark, the city Rose Garden in Buenos
Aires in
Argentina, Queen Elizabeth Rose Garden in Vancouver, Canada, the Buthart
Gardens of
Victoria, BC, Canada. I also gather some photos of Rhododendron, cherry
, tulip,
peony, mums, and dahlia etc. from all over the world where I have visited on.
In
Edinburgh, we did reach the old town campus of the University of Edinburgh and
in
a result of
that we also visited a tapestry museum nearby and I learned a life time
favorite
issue,
Harris Tweeds and a store named Walker Slater on Victoria Street. A well
learned
front desk
clerk at the operational museum answered my question about the wool fabric
suits of
Scotland which I admired so much even living in Houston, Texas. A sale clerk at
the store
clarified that the one I mentioned was really made in either England or Italy
while Harris
Tweeds were heavier and for severe cold winter. Harris tweeds is actually
located in
the North Scotland that I shall find my opportunity to visit during my life
time.
I still keep
about five or six wool suits in my closet even though I don’t have the chance
to
wear them nowadays.
The most
enjoyable time of this fall trip to Scotland was actually on the ship. I was
anxious
to see my
sweet hearts from my previous transatlantic voyage from Houston to Barcelona,
Spain at the
same ship. I missed my eldest adopted daughter Christina by one week due to
her leg injury;
however, I did see Mylene, the younger daughter and Aiza, another honey,
and
furthermore, Amy and I have adopted seven more daughters from Philippine and
Peru,
another two
are fellow passengers from Ireland which I visited in 2016 and my recollection
did
impressed them.
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