We are sailing (please don't call this a cruise)

The romance of the seas was sadly lacking as we travelled from Newcastle to Holland.  Our cheap cabin was lower than the freight traffic, and hotter than a swedish sauna. The aim was to shortcut the route to Tonisforst in Germany - rather than heading to Hull and crossing to Rotterdam, why not save 150 miles and cross locally.  

Next time, I'm going to Hull!  

The generation gap

The second child is considering a future in the world of academia, and to further this goal we travelled to Scotland's capital in an attempt to compare the magnificent university of Edinburgh with the last one we visited, up in the frozen north-east.  Still, I am not biased.

We stopped for coffee in the former "Nelson Mandela" dome. I wonder what happened to him? And where did these tables come from?

And then we suffered a couple of lectures in the George Square Theatre, where I used to enjoy accounts lectures at 9am, three days a week.   

Once finished, we had a quiet lunch in a world buffet. I now cannot see my toes.

By yon bonny banks of Oban

 Down by the sea. Early one morning.

 Chocolaty delights - Not for me - I rarely touch the stuff

You shall have a fishy on the little dishy, when the vote comes in.

 Dining al fresco. Nothing beats a bacon breakfast outside the caravan. Al Fresco liked it too.

Macro focus still working

And finally, we think this is the best chippy for miles around. 

Heave-ho! no more.

Just spending some of our hard-earned cash on a little luxury - or is is an essential for us?

Quite a dull picture - but it does show that I need to get some extra pipe to move the waste water outlet away from the mover.

A family day out.

My family dont like getting into the pictures, so when we nipped out to visit the Kelpies, they stayed away from the camera, but the results weren't too bad.

 

The luxury caravan

After selling our 10 year old caravan to a dutch friend (no there is no time to go into this bit now...) We have now collected our replacement "grown up" luxury caravan from our dealers in Germany.  We are hoping for a few more years of adventures.

Still hitched up - only 1 hour old!

Our first meal in the caravan. Weirdly delicious.

Fine dining and spinning around

Cafe culture - we have promised that we will be good tourists - and will do the right things. Make sure we stop for coffees, eat ice-creams, follow tour guides, hold selfie-sticks (or not) and enjoy the world.

 So that was lunch

 Art Deco comfort

 Then on to the Prater park and I'm go glad we went on the wheel.

 We didn't go for the dinner option, although it did look like a lot of fun. The higly zoomed photos are not getting published, but the meal looked great.

Another day in paradise

Just loving the city break part of the holiday: Here are some of the places we wondered around:

 

Not really my thing but I liked the rest of the museum.