Judy, Take the Stromness/ Kirkwall bus and get off at Maes Howe, then it's not a very long walk to the Stones of Stenness, and then, in the back yard of the house with the red roof right beside the Stones is Barnhouse village, a neolithic settlement which you can wander through. there is a sign, just take the path alongside the house, then continue on down the road to the west and you'll come first to the huge new dig unearthing a settlement like Skara Brae, and beyond that is the spectacular Ring of Brodgar. All this is a nice afternoon's walk. I'm not sure how you get back, but ask folks and they'll help. Tuck On Dec 7, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Judy Lujan wrote: > OK, so I'm sitting in a Starbucks in Edinburgh as I write this. > Tomorrow morning I travel by Megabus to Aberdeen. I will spend the > night in Aberdeen and then the next morning will travel by local bus > from Aberdeen to Inverness and then from Inverness to Scrabster. I > will catch the 7:00 pm ferry to Stromness and have booked 2 nights > at a hostel in Stromness. This answers the question of cheap travel > to Orkney. Now, my next question is: is there a tour company that > will take me to "all" the archaeological sites? (I know I can't > really do all, but at least all the "big" ones). I definitely want > to do Skara Brae, Maes Howe and the Tomb of Eagles (and yes, I know > it's on another island, but I'm REALLY hoping I can get there!) > > Thank you, > > Judy, mom to Josh, Eli and ^i^Kerry > > http://kerry-lujan.virtual-memorials.com > > http://cerridwyn-lujan-1989-2008.gonetoosoon.org/ > > > > "We tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a > wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress > while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization." > > Gaius Petrionius Arbiter > > Roman General, First Century A.D. > > > > > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message