Around Aberdeen, Scotland

 Arriving in Aberdeen, Tim and Julie were fantastic hosts, serving delicious meals, providing tours of their town and university, and accompanying us on our other day trips away from Aberdeen.

We enjoyed taking part in their daily tea and digestives. 

 

Playing and reading to the girls. . .

. . . and hanging out late at night like old times – chatting away. 

 

On Monday, we walked around Abderdeen, taking in the sites. Before walking along the Union Terrace Gardens, we stopped to admire the view and let Maddy feed the birds  - she was thrilled with the birds, waving and saying hello!

 

At the north end of the gardens we saw the buildings quipped “Education, Salvation, and Damnation”: The Central library, St Mark's Church, His Majesty's Theater.

In honor of William Wallace

"Education, Salvation, and Damnation"

 

After lunch at Old Blackfriars, one of Aberdeen’s oldest and best-loved pubs, we parted ways. Tim and I headed towards the upper docks to see the big ships.

We stopped in the visitor’s information center to pick up some more postcards, a patch for my collection, and some helpful brochures.

 St. Nicholas Kirk, had an interesting kirkyard (church yard – graveyard) but we couldn't figure out how to get in the church despite it supposedly being open!

And Marishal College, the second largest granite building in the world, has a long history and helps to give the Granite City its name.  

 We paused our exploring and rested in Books and Beans with some lattes and a panettone. We sat up on the second story and looked out the window between shelves of books. The books seemed to be primarily fiction, so we didn’t find any must-haves.

After taking the #17 bus, when we got back, Julie was getting ready to serve us another restaurant quality meal: Bobby Flay's chicken and waffles! It was quite amazing - I don't know that I'll ever conquer that one so it was a treat for sure!