Saturday

We stayed near the airport in Edinburgh for the last two nights. We visited the Britannia royal yacht. It was very interesting. It’s owned by a conservation company and available for tours. We spent a couple of hours there and then we had a late lunch/early dinner, walked a little around town and went back to the hotel to pack. We played dominoes both of the last two nights.

The queens bedroom

A sitting room for the queen

The rear sun deck converted to a tea room

Prince Phillip’s bedroom. Across the hall from the queen’s

The formal dining room for entertaining while on board. The placement of the plates and silverware was measured with a ruler and took three hours to complete. There gifts to the queen on the walls that were given to her while on a cruise.

The original engine was built in Glasgow as was the ship. It was still working when she was decommissioned and had never broken down.

The living room

That is how many men it took to run the ship.

Meat pie tattles (mashed potatoes) and nips(mashed turnips

Fish and chips and below haggis, nips and tatties. Our last Scottish meal. Bev found a new dessert to love. It’s sticky toffee pudding. It’s a moist, warm date cake covered with a buttery toffee sauce and served with a little ice cream. She made a point to try several versions and rate each one.

We had a long trip home. Our 9:00 am flight was cancelled. We were lucky enough to get a 2:30 flight that got us back to Lansing about 23 hours after we had gotten up. It was a good trip with good friends.