Yesterday Sheonagh and I had a very quiet day. Which we both needed I think. We did laundry and walked to the local Golf Club for lunch, I then slept a good part of the afternoon, my nanna nap was wonderful. Last night Sheonagh and Ally's (found out the correct spelling, Doh!!) daughter and her family joined us for dinner at another Aussie restaurant called Roos Leap. Mind you there were only about 3 or 4 actual Aussie meals on the menu, BUT they did have aussie hamburgers, Oh the wonder of it!! A real hamburger, I tell you this because when I was in London I ordered a hamburger and you should see what they call a hamburger over here. I got on my plate a hamburger roll (dry, no butter or anything and not very fresh) and the hamburger patty (also dry), what else you ask? Nothing!! On the plate was a side salad consisting of mostly cucumber (Yuk!!) a bit of lettuce, some capsicum (double Yuk!!) and a quarter of tomato. I tried to save it as best I could, I cut up the tomato, added tomato sauce, put on some lettuce.. But it was pretty disgusting. However last night I had a real hamburger, yep, Roll, patty, bacon, onion, tomato, egg, lettuce, sauce and chips.... yummmm..It was delicious. Out the front of the restaurant they have made their lawn into the shape of a kangaroo, yep, I didn't believe it either, but they have. I took some snaps but couldn't get it all in. I shall post one though so you get the idea. It was rather good.
The Kangaroo Lawn
Sheonagh and Ally have 2 lovely grandchildren, James loves Australia and so we had a chat. I explained how it can take 2 days to get from one place to another and he asked "is that walking?" You gotta love the difference in sizes of our countries... I expect to see more of James in the future as he plans on travelling to Aus when he gets older, I have booked his bed at my house already. Jaye is into the soccer and was keeping an eye on the game all evening. She doesn't really care who wins as long as they beat England, from what I can gather. The poor little thing was sunburned on her neck, she really was, I saw it, but I am still really confused as to how she got sunburned without sun. But they tell me she was on a trip about an hour away and there was sun, I must find out where that is... We had a lovely evening, the Scots are the friendliest people and they have all made me feel incredibly welcome.
I have taken some pics of some of the postcards I have brought at the different places I have been telling you about so have decided to post them so that you can see some of what I have seen.
Mary king's Close, the close itself, not inside the homes
Inside of the homes in Mary king's close
Inside the Rosslyn Chapel. This is the apprentice Column. There is a master column too and the story is that the master had finished a column and was asked to carve this circular one, he did not feel confident and asked to be sent to Europe to study the master carvers. He left and studied for 4 years, upon his return he found the column already carved. He was furios to find out it had been carved by his apprentice and picked up a mallet and hit him on the head, killing the apprentice. He was tried and convicted of the crime he was put to death.. So the two columns in the chapel actually cost the lives of two excellent craftsmen.
The outside of Rosslyn Chapel, from the post card
The Queen's pew in Crathie church. where Princess Ann was married, just outside Balmoral
Okay, that's all for today, we are off to the Highland Games today at Glamis Castle...
Cheers
Lones
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