UK trip and the view from the hotel

In August, my daughter and I traveled to the United Kingdom for a 2-week vacation. I have hundreds of photos to record all of the fun, beauty, history, food, and culture of this amazing nation. I can't show all of them (of course), but I will write a few blog posts and feature some of my favorite parts of England, Scotland, and Wales.

Today's post has a simple theme: the views from the hotel rooms we stayed in. With one exception, we could peer out the window of our room and enjoy the view.

London hotel, overlooking the River Thames. This was a great location, near the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and the London Eye.

Cardiff, Wales -- I'm happy to say that the road noise didn't awaken us!

Liverpool, England-- overlooking the Albert Dock

Glasgow and the River Clyde
This city is Scotland's largest, and it is an industrial/business center. We enjoyed the unique and varied architecture.

Carrbridge in the Scottish Highlands
This was a small, charming town--about an hour from Inverness. It was centrally located for the sites we visited in the Highlands and Isle of Skye.

Here is the exception to beautiful views from our hotel rooms. In Edinburgh, we stayed in a Holiday Inn. Our room overlooked the parking lot. Beyond the opposite trees was the Edinburgh Zoo. Although the view is boring, each morning, the noise of excited animals awakened us--a memorable kind of alarm clock.

We ended where we began, in the same hotel on the Albert Embarkment on the River Thames!