Aloha all from the Orkney Islands!
June 5: I arrived in Edinburgh, which was lovely but so rainy and so foggy I have no photos to share. I was only in Edinburgh long enough to wash my clothes, sleep and get in the car with my friend Judith to drive to Inverness for the night and then drive to John O' Groats to catch the Orkney Ferry.
June 6: Photos taken along the road to our car ferry in John O'Groats. As you can see, it was a very wet drive, not much blue sky- although I did find a small patch of blue in the sky and tried to photograph it! Also you can tell by our clothing that it was not 85 degrees- closer to 45!
The photo above shows the one patch of blue sky we saw all day.....
Below: Photos of the Judith, my friend from Scotland, at the ferry to Orkney
Gills Bay harbor was small. The Ferry held at least 35 cars and a few lorries. Took 1 hour to go to St. Margaret Hope in the Orkneys. Also a very very small harbor. WHY can't we have ferries in Hawaii?????
We are staying in St. Margaret Hope, a small ferry port, with maybe 100 buildings. Once arriving, we drove to the Italian Chapel, a chapel built, and painted by Italian prisoners of war. The first two photos explain why the POWs from Italy built the chapel.
The Italian Chapel and the wonderful tromp d'oiel paintings on the wall.
Then after the lovely chapel we drove to the Kirkwall, the capital city of the Islands. The St. Magnus Cathedral is the centerpiece of the town; the Light of the North. The church was founded in 1137 by a Viking in honor of his uncle Magnus. Truly a lovely cathedral and is in excellent condition.
More updates on Day 2 in the next blog.
Aloha to all!
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