Pictures from Iona

We spent a week living in community on Iona, at the Macleod Centre. We shared a room with a women from Germany, Holland and Austria. Everyday we had a chore - setting up for, serving and cleaning up after one of the meals (we were on supper duty). The food was delicious - fresh, homemade, local and yummy!

It was a relaxing week of visiting, napping, hiking and exploring...here's some of what it looked like.





Pictures from Iona
Here we are on Staffa (more details on the Staffa trip on our next post). Enjoying sunny Scotland.






This is a picture of the view from our room. Waking up in the morning to sheep and cows outside the window.








Beth relaxing with the cows...until she realized that one
was a bull...









free range sheep


view of the Abbey from the water



proving to the locals that Canadians don't live in igloos - we
were so cold, we bought wooly hats, and taught everyone the word
"toque"







Bird on sheep

Comments

  1. LoloJuly 28, 2010 at 9:04 AM

    Wow -- Iona looks magical! Looks like the weather has warmed up quite a bit too. You two are looking very relaxed -- yay! Keep the good times rollin'...
    Lorraine

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  2. EHJuly 28, 2010 at 10:39 AM

    I love the pics of all your wooley friends. And the hats- well goodness again you are so fashion forward.

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  3. Jinjah CookieJuly 28, 2010 at 2:50 PM

    It looks and sounds absolutely wonderful. You both look relaxed and happy!

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