The Adventure's of the Dicksons

Monday, August 28, 2006

fairies and hairy coo's oh my!

Well I just returned from my 3 day tour of the Scottish highlands and I must say it was fantabulous! I have to make this a rather short entry because I need to head for bed...tomorrow I am of to York, England for yet another adventure. Take a look at my pictures and my list of some of the places I visited this weekend, it should be somewhat interesting. Until next time!

Friday, August 25, 2006

Pictures of wonderful places and even better company!







Edinburgh Castle at it's finest, below are the royal gardens and I am taking the picture from the world famous Prince's Street. I just recently found out that it is actually Prince's Street not Princess Street like most people know it as.












Carol, the Bride, on the night of the rehersal in the Delmahoy (hotel the wedding was at).


















This is my new boyfriend Connor he taught me how to dance!

Sick ofcourse!

Hello everyone,
I am having a grand time in good old Scotland. I am off tomorrow for a tour around the highlands, Isle of Skye and to see Nessie! I am excited despite the fact that I have a horrible case of the flu at the moment. I wont let it keep me down though! The wedding was amazing and everyone is raving about it. I danced the traditional dance pronounced Kaylee but spelled some very odd way. Made a fool of myself which is apparently the thing to do at weddings here. But good news I didn't fall or brake any bones wearing those horrible shoes. I have a few pictures to put up and I will write more when I get back from my trip.
Cheerio my friends and family

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Don't worry about me!

Hey everyone, I am safetly in Edinburgh with my dear friends. I have had many questions about how my trip was because of the terrorist plot in England. To be honest I didn't even know anything was going on until I landed in Edinburgh. So everything went fine, going home may be a different story but I will take it as it comes. The only real problem I encountered was when the customs agent was asking me all sorts of personal questions. For example, he wanted to know why if I only have 6-12 months left of school I would take time off...gosh I got enough of these questions from my dad! Nosy right, well I didn't know that anything was going on yet so I thought he was just being really nosy.

What have I been up to so far??? I have slept at all the wrong times, said all the words that I am not supposed to (because the mean something different here), and been smothered by a 120lb. dog. It's great! Seriously though, I am having a great time. I have met just about all the people in the wedding and I am told there are many more. Everyone has been really nice and offered me a bed or couch when Carol and David are on their honeymoon. Today I saw my friend Lisa and her 2 kids! Tomorrow I am going to be adventurous and take the bus into town...this could be interesting to say the least! I walked along princess street yesterday for about 5 hours and found plenty of gifts to bring back for people. I have all of old town to discover tomorrow, it should be exciting.

Well I will leave you all on this thought...never eat a Swedish hot dog in Scotland!

Thursday, August 10, 2006

So tired!

Hey everyone (A.K.A Matt). I just arrived in Amsterdam about 2 hours ago. It is about 1 am in Spokane and 10 am here. It seems as if I never left Seattle, beautiful but rainy. I have a 8 hour layover before I get to take my 1 hour flight to Edinburgh. So I am trying to figure out how much trouble I can get into in that amount of time. I have decided to scope it out this time and make an adventure out of it on the way back. I am really tired but also very excited. Somehow I know things will be even more exciting after I have had a night of sleep. The best purchase I have ever made was the blanket that was way overpriced! It was like a piece of heaven admist the crying babies and snoring men! Well my friends, I am going to get going and try to find a corner to curl up in for a wee kick...he he he.

Please keep Baxter in your thoughts and prayers

Monday, August 07, 2006

Picture test

This is my cool brother! He is my favorite person in the whole wide world.

Test post

Hey my name is Megan