Monieca and I are happy to be home and appreciate your prayers for us while we vacationed with Jim & Jackie Davis in England and Scotland.  Below are several photographs I took with my Canon Rebel T3i 35 mm camera.  All the photos I posted on Instagram were taken with my iPhone, so the ones below are different.  I hope you enjoy them.  A brief explanation appears below each photo.

LONDON, ENGLAND

Monieca in front of Buckingham Palace

Jim and Jackie by the front gate of Buckingham Palace

Changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace

Changing of the guard…

Egyptian mummie burial boxes (sarcophagus) in the British Museum

A traditional London telephone booth

The Tower of London, the first castle of the British royals.  One of the highlights of any trip to London is viewing the crown jewels, which are housed here.  AMAZING! Photographs of the jewels are not allowed.

Monieca and me by the River Thames and the Tower Bridge, located adjacent to the Tower of London

Monieca by the River Thames, with Tower Bridge in the background

WINDSOR CASTLE, located 30 miles from London in the town of Windsor, England.

Monieca (and Jim in the background) by the castle’s outside wall

Monieca and me by the castle’s interior courtyard

Jim and Jackie by the castle’s interior courtyard

Monieca and Jackie while touring the castle grounds.  The original “keep” is on the hill to the right.

My beautiful bride

STIRLING, SCOTLAND – located between Glasgow and Edinburgh

Stirling Castle – William Wallace (Braveheart) fought the British in this area

A common scene in Scotland

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

Monieca on Edinburgh’s “Royal Mile” – the city’s high street in the heart of the “old city”

Jackie having fun

Me standing in front of Edinburgh Castle, where the Scotish royals resided

Monieca inside Edinburgh Castle’s “Great Hall”

Jim and Jackie inside one of the rooms of the castle’s Royal Palace

Monieca inside another room of the castle’s Royal Palace

Painting of the first monarch to rule Scotland, England and Ireland.  Known as King James VI in Scotland where he became king at age one, he is known in English history as King James I.  Originally King of Scotland, he became King of England as well in 1603.  I share this with you because he is the King who had Thomas Helwys, one of the two men who founded and led the very first Baptist church (located in London) imprisoned in 1612.  Helwys remained in prison until he died in 1616 at the age of 40.  His crime was writing a phamplet asking for religious liberty.  He is also the man for whom the King James Bible is named.