Malcesine

On the second day after a nice dip in the pool we headed on a coach towards the Italian alps and to Monte Baldo one of the biggest mountains in the area. On the coach there, there was some stunning scenery, crisp blue lakes and lush mountains.

Theres a Yacht party and i'm not invited...

We arrived in the town of Malcesine. was another beautiful Italian village full of colourful buildings and nice views.  

Was red hot constantly. Never took my shorts off! I really like this picture, the aqua green lake looks so inviting.

Just look at that pure beauty!

The village was nice and the Italians friendly, i did see a few waving there hands around like i wondered if they did, and even heard a woman say "Mama mia"! Great to here a geniuine Italian Mama mia! The village laid in the shadow of Monte Baldo and we couldn't waite to get up it.

The Italians know how to make a great postcard. Placing a castle on top of the biggest hill in the village, smart and beautiful.

The great wall of China

The first day in China the groom nicely drove us to none other than the great wall of China! One of the wonders of the world! The longest and greatest wall in the world seen from space, you may of heard of it! Yes this was the part of the trip i was excited about. We arrived on a nice hot day in the mountains.

Next we got a high cable car up the mountain.

It was nice to see a different view of China, we had seen the modern now the historical and landscapes.

Arriving at the top we saw over the mountains a winding, snake like figure over the mountains, it was the great wall. Part of it any way, it goes on for miles.

This part of the wall was the newer part that had been re-built but still exstrodanary and very busy full of chinese tourists. The wall was just sitting on the mountains and the steps were very steep. It was amazing to see and to actully walk on it having heard so much about it was very special.

Here i am up the steapest steps on this part of the wall. the stairs were almost vertical and getting up it in this heat wasnt easy.

"Look at that behind me, yep its a wall, the great wall!"

We couldn't walk it all, it goes on miles and its so steap in places, it was enough just seeing it as it grew in length and went over the horizon of the mountains.

 Great views of it from the top of the stairs. How the hell did they build it?

Having seen it all and took lots of pictures, we got the cable car back down. It's a surreal experience to know you've walked on the great wall of china, i will remember it forever.

Leaving Scotland

Was are last day of are short stay at Edinburgh, we did one more walk around looking at the sites. This is one of the towers looks like something from Mordor from 'Lord of the rings'.

We never went to see these street performers, biggest regret of the holiday. haha

The light caught this photo just right.

And then came night and the end of are Scotland holiday. Has been good and was nice to see the modern and the natural side to Scotland, feel i have experienced Scotland fully. Is a great place for people who want picturesc views and enjoy hiking.

Holyrood Palace

We visited Holyrood Palace, basically its the Queens holiday palace! She likes to go there apparently to relax. Was a nice looking palace, not as big as Buckingham but more historical looking.

We paid to go in it, there was like a little museam inside and you could walk round the gardens. Was more like a tourist attraction then a home for the Queen.

You couldn't go in most of the corridors obviously and the Queen wasn't in but was still special to visit. The Architecture was probbly the best part of it really, the rest didn't impress me much.

Edinburgh

The next day we arrived in the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh. Edinburgh was a really nice place, was busy and modern but had symbols of history and culture such as Edinburgh castle on top of this small mountain for all to see.

Finally we heard someone playing bagpipes in Scotland was begining to think we wouldn't, this felt more of the Scotland i expected.

The Edinburgh fringe festival was on too, there were lots of Comedy shows to go see. We got tickets for stand up comedian Mark Watson which was hilarious and even bumped into Jack Whitehall on the street! I'm not kidding we did!

The streets were a pleasure to walk down, you could grab something to eat and then watch a man juggle chain saws! There was loads of street buskers to watch.

Conwy Castle

This is conwy castle in Whales. Whales is known for its many well proserved castles and this one was magnificent. We walked all round it and climbed up the massive watch towers.

Orginally there was knights now there are guys in blue hoodies...

Its a long way down

This is the view from the top of one of the watch towers. Yes you would deffenetly see the enemy coming up here. Was scarily high.

I am king here!