Okay, so we have rented a lot of properties over the years via the internet. As many of you know, when you do this, you're never sure what you are going to get. I can only say that we were more than overwhelmed with the place we are staying in right now. It is an old church called the Vennel Kirk in South Queensferry, a town which is considered Edinburgh but it is about a 12 minute train ride from the city centre. The Kirk was finished in 1633 and was completely renovated (according to wording in a stained glass window) in 1898. It has been modernised inside and sleeps the 10 of us very comfortably with room for two more. It is ginormous and beautiful and so well-situated to anything we would ever need. I just can't believe our good fortune. It's got all of its original stained glass windows and the bottom half of the windows are in the downstairs bedrooms while the upper portions are in the upstairs bedrooms ~ so cool. Plus, we get our very own key to the graveyard next door and the tombstones are amazing.
View from the entrance
Side view
Close up side view
View into the graveyard
Great roomYes, that is a grand piano.
Window in the great room
The kitchen is through the French doors and our bedroom is off the upper balcony.
South Queensferry is located on the banks of the Firth of Forth which is an estuary of the River Forth. We have beautiful views of both impressive bridges which cross here: the Forth Bridge which is the railway bridge and the Forth Road Bridge which is exactly what it seems. It is a picturesque and popular town for tour buses. I think some of them come just to look at the bridges. Others come for a ferry ride or just sightseeing.
Walking through the cobblestone streets in town
The Jubilee Clock Tower
Me being all artsy fartsy ~ a mosaic of a lamp post with the shadow of a lamp post ~ National Geographic worthy?
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Thanks for leaving a comment. I lived in Wales for a while, and plan to move back to the UK eventually.
Are you in Cheltenham? My cousins live in Cirencester and we lived in Tewkesbury for a summer.
Bingo. Love all three towns, especially Tewkesbury where I attend lots of auctions.
Thanks for the lovely pictures. We're off to stay at the Kirk on Thursday! It will be a very special trip, because we were the ones who designed the interior 10 years ago, but lost our bid to buy the place, so we've never stayed there before.
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