Scotland
Returning to Novosibirsk after two amazing weeks in Scotland really shocked the casbah. Nevertheless, it was nice to get home (I think).
We praise God for the hospitality of Stanley and Wilma Jenkins and the folk at Inverurie Gospel Hall in Aberdeenshire. Not only were we warmly received into people's homes, we were also given the use of the church's microbus. After not driving for nearly two years, I did fairly well considering I was driving on the wrong side of the road and chauffeuring a couple of sometimes tired, sometimes hungry, sometimes needing-the-bathroom little people. I did, however, manage to back into a parked car while turning around at the end of a deadend street in Edinburgh. Yeah, not good. (Yes, I left a note!) Thankfully, the church's insurance covered most of the damage.
[NOTE: Click any image below to view an enlarged version.]
This is my favorite image from the trip:
Sydney running along the beach at Footdee in Aberdeen
This is my next favorite:
A Citroen 2cv I spotted while climbing up the hill to Edinburgh Castle
Moss and Stone
Scotland contains so much history, so many reminders of the past. And so much stone! Stone buildings, stone walls, stone fences. I loved the weathered gravestones of Nisbet Village and the moss growing on the shale roofs of the buildings surrounding Castle Fraser near Kemnay.
Happy People
Granny Ruth Buchen of the Inverurie Gospel Hall is 101 years old!
Debbie and Sydney on the "Flying Fox" in Huntly
Misha by the sea in Buchenhaven outside Peterhead
Misha taking aim toward Princes Street in Edinburgh
Debbie enjoying some "Real Food" in Fochabers
Sydney gets serious about ice-cream in Duns
Queuing for bus tours in Edinburgh
Stanley befriends an Icelandic fisherman in Peterhead
Nesbitt House
Built around 1630 using stones from the ruins of Nesbitt Castle, this beautiful manse is the ancestral home of all Nesbitts/Nisbets throughout the world. The house is privately owned and located in the Scottish Borderlands of Berwickshire near Duns. For more information on Nesbitt/Nisbet Scottish Heritage, check the following websites:
Nesbitt/Nisbet Society (North America)
Nesbitt/Nisbet Society (United Kingdom)
Nesbitt House near Duns as seen from an adjacent wheat field
And finally...
How NOT to spend money in Scotland!
We praise God for the hospitality of Stanley and Wilma Jenkins and the folk at Inverurie Gospel Hall in Aberdeenshire. Not only were we warmly received into people's homes, we were also given the use of the church's microbus. After not driving for nearly two years, I did fairly well considering I was driving on the wrong side of the road and chauffeuring a couple of sometimes tired, sometimes hungry, sometimes needing-the-bathroom little people. I did, however, manage to back into a parked car while turning around at the end of a deadend street in Edinburgh. Yeah, not good. (Yes, I left a note!) Thankfully, the church's insurance covered most of the damage.
[NOTE: Click any image below to view an enlarged version.]
This is my favorite image from the trip:
This is my next favorite:
Moss and Stone
Scotland contains so much history, so many reminders of the past. And so much stone! Stone buildings, stone walls, stone fences. I loved the weathered gravestones of Nisbet Village and the moss growing on the shale roofs of the buildings surrounding Castle Fraser near Kemnay.
Happy People
Nesbitt House
Built around 1630 using stones from the ruins of Nesbitt Castle, this beautiful manse is the ancestral home of all Nesbitts/Nisbets throughout the world. The house is privately owned and located in the Scottish Borderlands of Berwickshire near Duns. For more information on Nesbitt/Nisbet Scottish Heritage, check the following websites:
Nesbitt/Nisbet Society (North America)
Nesbitt/Nisbet Society (United Kingdom)
And finally...
How NOT to spend money in Scotland!
posted by Grace 4 Russia at 8:08 AM
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