My son Alec and I are coming to Great Britain August 3-11, drinks anyone? (2 Viewers)

[Louis Badolato]

Louis, when do I see you in Belgium ?
Would like you to taste our more than 400 different beers, our famous chocolates and famous waffels !!!!!
( we could also visit some of the WW2 battle - fields if we are still standing)
Guy

Guy,

Looks like John, Duke and I are going to Belgium!:salute:: Waterloo, Bruges, Chocolates and the world's best beer! Here we come!!

 

[Louis Badolato]

This is our last evening in London, before returning from Great Britain tomorrow. It has been an incredible trip! :salute:: This morning I saw Kevin Eliott (panda1gen), and the highlights included the Edinburgh Tattoo (the most incredible show I've ever seen!), touring Edinburgh, Stirling, Doune, Killarney, Inveraray and Berkhamsted Castles, Hadrian's Wall and the Roman fort at Vindolanda, countless lochs and Glens in the highlands, Stonehenge, Bath, the British Museum, the Imperial War Museum, and various antique shops and militaria dealers. Additions to the collection include a Highland Dirk old enough to have been at Culloden, a piece of doped canvas from a pre-WWII US Army Air Corps Biplane with the pre-WWII American insignia painted on it, and, for my lovely wife, a Victorian Carriage Clock in the original case. I'm negotiating with a dealer for a 16th century breastplate for my son. The food, the people, frankly everything but the weather was outstanding! Photos to follow when I get home.

 

[Louis Badolato]

First, the Castles . . .

 

[Louis Badolato]

More Castles . . .

 

[Louis Badolato]

Stirling Castle deserves its own posts . . .

 

[Louis Badolato]

Some more photos from Stirling Castle . . . the young fellow in some of the photos is my son Alec.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Next Hadrian's Wall and the Roman Fort at Vindolanda . . . yes, the old guy with my son in one of the photos is me {sm2}

 

[Louis Badolato]

These are photos of ancient Roman shoes, boxing gloves, and thin wooden "post cards" with messages from occupants of the fort, all found preserved in the soil of Vindolanda . . .

 

[Terp152]

Great pics Louis, looks like you and son had a wonderful trip. :salute:: Chris

 

[Louis Badolato]

Next, the natural beauty of the Highlands (yes that really is a rainbow in the first one, standing at the monument where Robert the Bruce stood when he told his friends he was going to become King of Scotland) . . . with my son's handsome and my ugly mug mixed in{sm4}

 

[Louis Badolato]

Some more photos of the highlands . . .

 

[Louis Badolato]

The bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond . . .

 

[Louis Badolato]

Some photos of Edinburgh and some Scottish Villages we visited (note the WWI Monuments, it was so sad how many names there were from small villages) . . .

 

[Louis Badolato]

Some highland cattle (or, as the guide calls them, "hairy coos") . . .

 

[Louis Badolato]

Our last night in Scotland, the Edinburgh Tattoo (the greatest show I have ever seen!) . . . I only wish I could post videos, I took a bunch!

 

[Louis Badolato]

Now, for Jolly old England . . . Stonehenge:salute::

 

[Louis Badolato]

Next, Bath . . . the famous Abbey, the bridge (only the third in Europe with houses and shops on it), and the street where Jane Austin lived.

 

[wwiibuff]

Yes of course my friend, you will be more than welcome in my beautiful city of Bruges
Guy

Thanks Guy. Would love to come one day.

Guy,

Looks like John, Duke and I are going to Belgium!:salute:: Waterloo, Bruges, Chocolates and the world's best beer! Here we come!!

I'm in!!


Great pictures Louis. I'm enjoying seeing them. Reminds me of some of our trips to the UK. Keep 'em coming.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Duke, as requested, more . . . London:salute::

 

[Horus]

Glad to hear you and your son enjoyed your trip and thanks for sharing the great photos of your excursons in Scotland and England, yes not much you can do about the weather other than hope for the best !
Hope you got to visit the Roman Baths at Bath !?