Janet In our Toyota Rental in England
Janet In our Toyota Rental in England

Janet and I are in the UK for two weeks with our primary purpose to do a show in Edinburgh Scotland for our business. (www.calmnatural.co.uk, www.naturalcalm.eu, www.naturalcalm.nl )

We decided to go for two weeks because we could obtain free tickets through our visa points. CIBC had a special 15,000 points for a ticket to London versus the normal 40,000 points. We just had 30,000 so that was a sign for me to take Janet. :) Of course, you have to pay the taxes, which worked out to $900 for two tickets. Oh well, I guess even free is subject to being taxed.

We flew into London Heathrow on Saturday and decided to stay in a hotel for two nights to get over jet lag and to take a Sabbath day rest from our busy lives. With the 5 hour time difference, and leaving at midnight, you in effect miss a whole night of sleep so picking the first day of our trip to be a Sabbath rest is really more like a Sabbath day sleep.

On Monday, we travelled to our warehouse where we picked up the product for our show. We then spent the next few days travelling up to Scotland and visiting some of our customers on the way up.

Sorry we are bang out of order
Out of Order sign on a vending machine

We stopped in a Travel lodge and I saw a very odd sign at the hotel desk which it said,

Are plumbing cold water has a problem.
We have a plumber right on it.
Now, that meant that the cold water was not working. Now I am not one to profess my prowess for the English language but Are plumbing instead of

Our plumbing? I never took a picture of it before it lost its posting. But I did manage to score this picture on a vending machine that was out of order in the same hotel lobby.
We made it to Edinburgh on Wednesday,parked our car about half a kilometer away for 50 and moved into our flat. I found apartments that you could rent as an alternative to a hotel. It gives you more of a feel for the place when you live like the people around you, shop in their shops for food, ride their transit systems, etc. It is also cheaper because we could prepare our own food rather than eating out.
Here are some pictures of our flat

Flat Front Door
Flat Front Door
Building our flat is in
Building our flat is in
Kitchen
Kitchen
Kitchen
Kitchen
Kitchen
Kitchen
Living Room
Living Room
Living Room
Living Room
Bed Room
Bed Room
Bathroom
Bath Room

Bathroom Toilet

Bathroom Toilet