South Queensferry...

Today was a long day, leaving Cinque Terre around 6:55am - arriving in Milan by train at 10:00 am; bus to the Milano airport at 11:30 am - arriving at 12:00 pm; flight from Milan to London at 5pm - arriving in London at 6pm (1 hour time change); and finally catching a flight at 6:25pm to Edinburgh - arriving around 7:30pm. However, now we're here with Lou and Stu (Stewart and Louise Laing) and Stu's folks Ian and Moira (aka. Big Easy and Moisey) in their beautiful home nestled in the town of South Queensferry just outside of Edinburgh. Apparently, this is the southern town where the queen would catch the ferry to the north; thus, its name...

Lou is a friend of Paula's from Melbourne, Australia (...you pronounce Melbourne with a silent 'r' by the way) who made it over to our wedding and is perhaps one of the funnest people we know. She met Stu traveling through South America after leaving our wedding, so we take some credit in arranging their chance meeting...

Apart from basking in our clean clothes that have just come out of the wash, tomorrow we're going to be guided through Edinburgh as Lou has agreed to give us a 24 hour tour. Then on Sunday, the 3 of us will road trip down to Liverpool for the Liverpool v Newcastle match. We're having a great time getting to know Lou's husband Stu, and his parents Big Easy and Moisy are fantastically gracious hosts. More details will be shared once we have some clue as to what we're going to do...

Our time in Italy was a blast and we thank all that provided such great recommendations that helped us along our trip. It's a bit too late in the night to properly bestow our thanks upon Italy for being such great hosts and showing us a great time, so that will be tomorrow with pictures. For now, a hearty thank you will have to do.

Hope you're all well and happy May Day back in the States.