Wordless Wednesday, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands.

.We had been to Kirkwall before, so this time decided to stay around the town.

The harbour where the cruise ships dock.

The above three photos were all taken from the ship before we went ashore.

On our way walking around the town we found the Orkney Museum and spent some time in there.

Behind the museum is Tankerness House Gardens.

Doesn't look the most comfortable of seats......

or is it?

As it was a very hot day we passed quite a while there enjoying the sun, flowers and the scenery.

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1. Wordless Wednesday	2. messymimi's meanderings	3. My Mind's Eye
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13. A French Kitty	14. Morning Bliss	15. Zoolatry
16. Teddy & Mom	17. SuzetteB	18. Ramblin' with AM
19. My GBGV Life	20. 15andmeowing	21. klara, Brussels
22. Wordless Wednesday	23. Driller's Place	24. Golch Central
25. Fun	26. Kitties Blue	27. The LLB Life
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34. Rusty Ring	35. Carmen	36. CatSynth
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Wordless Wednesday

 We arrived in South Queensferry which is the tender port for Edinburgh. When we took our tender ashore we saw that a previous one had got stuck on a mud bank and another one was trying to pull it free. They were there for over an hour so I am very glad we hadn't gone ashore a few minutes earlier.

We decided we would go to Edinburgh castle as the last time we were there we took the HOHO bus and didn't have time to go in.

Two Scots Guards on duty.

Once you get inside the castle gates it is not at all as I expected a castle to look like. It looks more like a town with roads and houses.

The One o' clock gun which gets fired daily, yes at 1pm.

There was a lovely view out across Edinburgh from the castle.

The Forth Rail Bridge which was opened in 1890. Our ship is just visible behind it.

I am joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the blog hop.

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1. Wordless Wednesday	2. OF MICE AND raMEN	3. My Mind's Eye
4. Jackie's Photo Blog	5. Senior Salon	6. Keith's Ramblings
7. Image-in-ing	8. bethere2day	9. MCow
10. A ShutterBug Explores	11. Ana Linden	12. messymimi's meanderings
13. Animal Shelter Vol. Life	14. Forgetfulone	15. SuzetteB
16. One Spoiled Cat	17. Cityscape	18. Peachy & Faye
19. Moonwashed Musings	20. My GBGV Life	21. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz
22. 15andmeowing	23. Ramblin' with AM	24. Sognafaret
25. klara, Brussels	26. Songbird’s Crazy World	27. The Carolina Opry
28. Brian's Home ~ Forever	29. The Cat Blogosphere	30. The LLB Life
31. Driller's Place	32. Florida Furkids	33. Hilarious
34. Carmen	35. DonnaleeQ	36. Midweek News
37. Wordy Wednesday	38. CatSynth	39. Golch Central
40. Curious as a Cathy	41. Jim, Sydney, Australia	42. ES #81 #WW
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Wordless Wednesday, Oslo.

 Oslo, Norway.

The old and the new. This schooner was moored next to us with a modern yacht behind her.

A modern sculpture of a yacht in the harbour.

We passed here on the ship's shuttle service and thought it was a ski slope. It is Oslo's Opera House!

The Lion statue by the Parliament buildings.

I am joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the blog hop.

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4. messymimi's meanderings	5. MCow	6. Image-in-ing
7. Keith's Ramblings	8. Senior Salon	9. Laughs
10. Jackie's Photo Blog	11. A ShutterBug Explores	12. The OP Pack
13. Animal Shelter Vol. Life	14. Sognafaret	15. SuzetteB
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31. Brian's Home ~ Forever	32. The Cat Blogosphere	33. Brookgreen Gardens
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43. Plant Postings	44. Mr. Ohh!'s View	45. Gattina
46. Bowen Island	47. ES #WW 80	48. Jennifer
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55. Governors Palace	56. Amsterdam	57. Jim, Sydney, Australia
58. Bouquets to Art	59. Elderberry Tree	60. Wordless Wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday.

After M'dina (last week's post)we went back to the port at Valletta via the fishing village of Marsaxlokk.

Traditional fishing boat.

The fishing village of Marsaxlokk.

The town church.

From there we returned to the port of Valletta to sail for our next port of call. We were able to see the lovely architecture as we sailed out.

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1. Wordless Wednesday	2. OF MICE AND raMEN	3. My Mind's Eye
4. MCow	5. Image-in-ing	6. Keith's Ramblings
7. Senior Salon	8. A ShutterBug Explores	9. Ana Linden
10. messymimi's meanderings	11. Animal Shelter Vol. Life	12. Forgetfulone
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19. Jackie's Photo Blog	20. Zoolatry	21. Ramblin' with AM
22. My GBGV Life	23. Roentare Photo Blog	24. His Daily Photo
25. Melbourne Candid	26. 15andmeowing	27. Moonwashed Musings
28. Wordless Wednesday	29. Brian's Home ~ Forever	30. The Cat Blogosphere
31. Pirates Voyage	32. Deb Nance	33. Hilarious
34. image-in-ing	35. DonnaleeQ	36. Jim, Sydney, Australia
37. CatSynth	38. Gattina	39. Rusty Ring
40. Carmen	41. Junkboat Travels	42. Dandy Duke
43. Midweek News	44. The LLB Life	45. Kitties Blue
46. Dandy Duke	47. The OP Pack	48. Barbara
49. Curious as a Cathy	50. ES #79 #WW	51. Westminster Abbey
52. Phamily Blog	53. Tyler Turns 22	54. S. F. Book Fair
55. Roentare Photo Blog	56. His Daily Photo	57. Melbourne Candid
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