I think I missed a part of the last day in my previous blog. After visiting Edinburgh Castle, we had the option of going to Rosslyn Chapel, which was where much of the movie The Da Vinci Code was filmed. It was amazing – I can’t think of the words to describe it.
The number of intricate carvings and statues inside were beyond comprehension. I’m going to try to find a book that shows all of the carvings and an explanation for each. It’s such a bummer that there was a no-photography rule inside.
Back to our room for the night. We were lucky in that all of the rooms we stayed at were quite nice.
We stayed at the Thistle Endinburgh for two nights, and all other hotels were only for one night each.
I’m going to break away from the Britain trip in this blog, as I actually did something exciting today. A friend of mine and I flew out to Tillsonburg for the annual Wings and Wheels Family Day at the airport. We weren’t too sure if it was going to be doable or not, as the weather in the morning wasn’t too good. Fortunately, it cleared up and we were able to hit the skies. As we came in to land at Tillsonburg, it was clear from the air that it was a pretty good turn out for the event.
A few other planes from Niagara landed about half an hour after us.
The announcer told the crowd about the pilots and planes. My friend Rick went over to the announcer and jokingly asked why he didn’t announce my Cessna 150 Aerobat that just arrived. The announcer brought me over and started interviewing me over the loud speaker – it was quite amusing! I’m sure everyone thought I was a complete dork, but it was still fun!
Here are some pics from the event and some of the Harvards:
Of course, the cutest plane there was Vyctor:
It was really a nice day! The weather was perfect for our flight back home. When we came back to St. Catharines, we checked out our new terminal building – it’s really nice! We were also told that the jet just outside was Reba McEntire’s – cool!
She had just climbed aboard as we were making our way to the terminal. She just finished doing a few shows at the Niagara Falls Casino.
Today’s symptoms: This is the first day in two weeks that my sinus and cold issues have started to improve. My headache is not as bad as it has been and my congestion has greatly improved. Hopefully I’ll be back to “normal” when I head back to work on Tuesday.
Lizzy McFly 