Restless Prairie Girl

All too soon it was time to leave our cozy time with our cousins in Yorkshire  and head north.  After a yummy lunch of quiche, jacket potatoes and salad, Judy and Colin drove us to Malton where we got the train over to York.  From there we hopped a train north to Edinburgh.  We had rail passes but I had booked our seats upon arrival in York.  We didn't need the stress of trying to find empty seats on a crowded train on a Bank holiday weekend!  Noooo thank you! Our rail passes weren't checked at all and if we hadn't marked the date on our passes we could have had another trip - rats! The train trip went smoothly and a few hours later we arrived at Edinburgh Waverly station.  We opted to get a taxi and I am glad I had done my research.  I gave the taxi driver our address of Learmonth Court and he verified it but unknown to me he thought I had said Claremont.  We pulled into what was definitely a housing estate in a dodgy area  - I had seen a picture and knew this wasn'

Hi there!  Remember me?  I've been back from my adventuring for over a month and so it's about time to write a post...more like twenty-five or so!  As you know my laptop acted up on this trip and I couldn't blog - well I could have written some posts but no pictures and what fun is that?  I hope you were able to follow along on my Facebook page where I posted most evenings. So go and get a cup of tea, a glass of wine or your choice of beverage and then come back to read the looooong overview of my trip. The first three weeks of my trip were spent traveling around Britain with my cousin Joanne.    Yorkshire Upon our arrival into Gatwick Airport we set off for the ancient city of York where we stayed two nights at the Premier Inn.  York is my second favourite city in the UK (no guesses what my favourite is!) as there is so much history and it's absolutely gorgeous.   We walked the city walls, took an interesting tour of York Minster, raided the shops along The