Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Scotland




What to say about Scotland- we loved it! From the moment we got there- it felt different than England- ( weather still sucked- seriously I would have cuter photos if we didn't live or travel to rainy spots)- Edinburgh is a big city with a small town appeal. The scottish seem to like kids- ( it was so cute we were in the Palace and casey picks an inopportune time to say she is " desperate for the toilet"- this guard caught the xchange and ushers us to a private bathroom. (from them on it was I heart Scotland per moi)- Food still is awful- I did not even attempt to try hagus- (which basically is a sheep stomach stuffed with other crud and gravy on top)- but the sights and people were great. We had Nanny (chris's mom) with us and we had her hiking and posing with Braveheart with the rest of us. (btw- I have heard all the movie lines from Braveheart for a straight 72 hours.) The hiking was great and the kids surprised us and behaved as much as 2 little ones can. (thank god one of the castles that threw in a dress up like a knight or lady bit and had some fake jousting to occupy the kids. On another note- for anyone that has to go to (or chooses to) go to a museum with small kids - I have some hints to survive the mission:

1)-secret mission ( kid needs to be 5 or greater)- basically you tell kids that you are secret agents and you need to search the museum for clues to solve such such riddle. ( CJ was cool with it until I took the game to another level and pointed at other tourists as competing agents- for which he snarled and snuck around them- yes we know this bit will later come out in therapy)

2- gum or jolly rancher- last ditch effort to see something- in casey's case it usually gives us a solid 14 min to gather an exit strategy.

3- Palaces/Castles- go the princess route- although poor casey is still wondering why we haven't seen Cinderella since Disneyland.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

The pictures are amazing! I've always wanted to visit Scotland and your museum tips are priceless. Glad it was a fun trip