Baltic , Norway , Iceland and the U.K. on the Zuiderdam 2019 with photos

[cat shepard]

Magestic.

[scubacruiserx2]

1 hour ago, cat shepard said:

Magestic.

 

Yes indeed both the bird and the castle !

[scubacruiserx2]

One last photo from the grounds before ascending to the overlook of the castle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The green plants at the bottom of the photo are Rhubarb standing 6 feet tall . We have also seen and eaten some while in Chile .

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

There are 189 rooms within the castle, making it the largest in the northern Highlands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunrobin_Castle

 

 

 

 

 

Just like on the Zuiderdam

 

 

Not like the Zuiderdam

 

 

 

 

 

[cat shepard]

189 rooms. I have a problem with 8. 😮

[scubacruiserx2]

17 minutes ago, cat shepard said:

189 rooms. I have a problem with 8. 😮

 

Especially after returning home from a cruise . Do you mean we have to shop , cook and do dishes ? 😉

[scubacruiserx2]

The Zuiderdam room

 

 

 

 

The way up

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

We left the castle before the large group and had an early lunch

 

 

We walked just across the parking lot to a beach with a picnic table

 

 

The company , beach and food were all excellent

 

 

Moving toward our next stop we encountered some wildlife on the way

 

 

 

[JennVT]

21 hours ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The top two flowers (the spiky fellows) are Lupine (loo-pin) and very common here in New England, especially the blue/purple variety. Once established they reseed themselves and spread nicely. The bottom is a fuchsia I believe but I've only seen it in summer hanging baskets. 

 

Lovely pictures!

[scubacruiserx2]

22 minutes ago, JennVT said:

 

 

The top two flowers (the spiky fellows) are Lupine (loo-pin) and very common here in New England, especially the blue/purple variety. Once established they reseed themselves and spread nicely. The bottom is a fuchsia I believe but I've only seen it in summer hanging baskets. 

 

Lovely pictures!

 

Thank you for expertise and we're pleased that you enjoy the photos .

[scubacruiserx2]

The name Fushia didn't ring a bell to us because when we asked our guides in Chile they said it was a Chilco . In wiki it's Fuchsia magellanica ,  native to Argentina and Chile and naturalized  to the UK .

 

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsia_magellanica&prev=search

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Next up was Dornach Cathedral

 

Dornoch Cathedral is a parish church in the Church of Scotland, serving the small Sutherland town of Dornoch, in the Scottish Highlands. As a congregation of the Church of Scotland, which is Presbyterian, the church is not the seat of a bishop but retains the name due to being, historically, the seat of the Bishop of Caithness.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornoch_Cathedral

 

Matthew wanted to show us the gargoyles there but when we got there  it seemed like the church was in use

 

 

I felt a bit like a paparazzi lurking in the bushes - but this was good stuff Scotland the Brave on the pipes and a wedding !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strangely , we would run into this car later

 

 

As a footnote , this church was where Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX fame was married in 2010 .

 

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

When the wedding began we moved around to the side of the cathedral to have a look at the gargoyles

 

 

Since they were back lit and I didn't bring my flash it's hard to see the detail

 

 

 

 

The Castle , now a hotel

 

 

The cathedral

 

 

and the Charities Shop

 

[cat shepard]

This entry was super special. Thank you for capturing the video of the wedding. 

[scubacruiserx2]

15 minutes ago, cat shepard said:

This entry was super special. Thank you for capturing the video of the wedding. 

 

You're welcome . I have a soft spot for those making the walk down the aisle . I made the trip 3 times , once with Pat and twice with our DDs . The youngest wanted to be married on a cruise ship which was great and affordable !

 

 

 

Edited August 2, 2019 by scubacruiserx2

[Krazy Kruizers]

I love coming to this thread.

 

Great you were able to see the wedding party -- kilts and all.

 

Love the pictures.  We tried growing Lupines -- they only came back 2 years and then disappeared.

 

We used to get fushia hanging baskets -- hummingbirds love the flowers.  We got the 2 tone ones -- purple and deep pink.  But they have gotten very expensive -- $30 - $40 a basket and we needed 2.  Now they have to settle on 2 feeders and lots of impatients.

[Krazy Kruizers]

4 minutes ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

 

You're welcome . I have a soft spot for those making the walk down the aisle . I made the trip 3 times , once with Pat and twice with or DDs . The youngest wanted to be married on a cruise ship which was great and affordable !

 

 

 

 

That would be great to be married on a cruise ship.

 

Which cruise ship?

[scubacruiserx2]

9 minutes ago, Krazy Kruizers said:

 

That would be great to be married on a cruise ship.

 

Which cruise ship?

 

It was the Carnival Victory . We wanted to wait for a different time and ship but that is the one they wanted 

[scubacruiserx2]

16 minutes ago, Krazy Kruizers said:

I love coming to this thread.

 

Great you were able to see the wedding party -- kilts and all.

 

Love the pictures.  We tried growing Lupines -- they only came back 2 years and then disappeared.

 

We used to get fushia hanging baskets -- hummingbirds love the flowers.  We got the 2 tone ones -- purple and deep pink.  But they have gotten very expensive -- $30 - $40 a basket and we needed 2.  Now they have to settle on 2 feeders and lots of impatients.

 

 

We're glad that you can make it . The first time that we remember seeing Lupines was here .

 

 

We can't grow them here in South Florida . So would you settle for this ?

 

[scubacruiserx2]

A visit to Glenmorange

 

 

The meeting area

 

 

 

They claim to have the tallest stills in Scotland - as tall as a giraffe !

 

 

We we're not allowed to take photos inside . It was quite hot in the still room and it vented to the outside 

 

 

Here's the herd of giraffes

 

 

The photo came from wikipedia and was taken by Jack Shainsky

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenmorangie_distillery

 

And the final product

 

 

The screen shot was taken from their web site

 

https://www.glenmorangie.com/en-us

 

The parting shot

 

 

That's a 1962 Coupe deVille Cadillac . My dad had a 1961 Sedan de Ville colored pink that we used to call the Pink Panther .

 

After the tour we had a wee dram of  scotch and made a few purchases for medicinal reasons . As we were leaving the wedding party pulled up in their cars for some photos . As it turns out , the Father of the Bride is the Still Master there . That must have been some wedding party !

 

[cat shepard]

I love the picture of Pat with the bride. They are beautiful.

[scubacruiserx2]

5 minutes ago, cat shepard said:

I love the picture of Pat with the bride. They are beautiful.

 

The bride is our youngest daughter pictured with her older sister . Pat looks young - but not that young ! But if you go back in time this was our DIY wedding in the 70's . Boy how we wish that it was on a cruise ship !

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

We went to a couple of scotch distillaries -- can't remember their names -- it was a long time ago.

 

I learned to drive on my grandfather's 1956 Cadillac.  To this day I am still driving a Cadillac.  Love those cars.

 

Great pictures.  Love your wedding picture.

[cat shepard]

2 hours ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

 

The bride is our youngest daughter pictured with her older sister . Pat looks young - but not that young ! But if you go back in time this was our DIY wedding in the 70's . Boy how we wish that it was on a cruise ship !

 

Wow! Your oldest daughter is almost a mirror image of Pat.

[scubacruiserx2]

20 minutes ago, Krazy Kruizers said:

We went to a couple of scotch distillaries -- can't remember their names -- it was a long time ago.

 

I learned to drive on my grandfather's 1956 Cadillac.  To this day I am still driving a Cadillac.  Love those cars.

 

Great pictures.  Love your wedding picture.

 

I learned to drive the pink panther and if you could parallel park that ....

 

My favorite of that era was the 59 , mile high fins with rocket packs

 

 

Many of our photos from the wedding have faded or stuck together . Must have been all of the champagne !