On a trip like this there are many great days, the Oslo fjord, the historical museum, the glypotek, stockholm archipeligo, but today was something special above them all. Today was all about Campbell heritage and seeing those lands for the first time. Fortunately we had an excellent tour guide (Karen) who took us west from Edinburgh to Dunne castle past Stirling to Kilchurn and eventually Inveraray. Karen filled us full of knowledge of Scottish history and know...

Woke to a view of Edinburgh Castle, I dont think you will ever forget when you first see it. Disembarked from WindSurf for the last time around 8:30am, hopped on a tour bus, did a tour of the new city, then Edinburgh castle itself and surrounds. Dropped off at the hotel around midday and spent the afternoon on the Royal Mile. Bought fudge and mead. Dinner at the hotel. A walk along Princess street that evening. Its a funny thing about Edinburgh. You can look at...

A day at sea. Not my favourite thing but it is what it is. Packing, doing surveys, overcast weather, a horizon filled with North Sea Oil rigs. The weather was rough enough that the deck furniture was tied up and it was wise to stay in the bar (or somewhere else inside). Started reading the girl with the dragon tattoo. Went to the bar at 5:30pm. Had dinner with the other Adelaidiens and the Tassies. A good night. Sat out the back of the boat later sipping Bran...

Writing this at 4:30pm, having enjoyed a good tour by boat to Lillesand. The tour only started at 11:30am so we slept until 7am, had breakfast and a few quiet hours and a quick lunch before leaving for the tour. Beautiful boat trip and Lillesand is a very nice town. Learnt a lot from the guide on how Norwegians spennd their summer break (mandatory 3 weeks over summer - 5 weeks per year total). Lots of little coastal buildings for spending summer in, beautiful c...

Up at 6am and spent 30 minutes on deck as we sailed up the Oslo fjord. Spectacular. Everyone was up early this morning, even at 6am to see this. A great tour today, taken to Vigeland and our guide did a wonderful job of explaining the meaning of many of the statues and why Vigeland did what he did. Back on the tour bus and we visited the Olympic ski-jump. Lots of explanation of life in Oslo while going up and back. We were then taken to Oslo's Icebar, covered ...