Friends: My name is Vikram Rawal, I reside just north of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - USA, and am an Engineer/Business Owner (Automation Systems) by profession. My wife and I have had the pleasure of visiting Orkney this past September (2003), now that our youngest is in college, we have just begun to test the new found "freedom" and pursue our first love - travel & poeple. Orkney became one of my "must-visit" destinations, after reading about it in an exclusive article in the National Geographic, several years ago. I was, as they say, smitten! Due to our schedule (we drove from Glasgow counterclockwise to Edinburgh then along the coast, then Inverness to Orkney-then on to Skye, Loch Lomond and back to Glasgow) we were only able to visit the Mainland, and stayed in Stromness for 3 days. We ferried our car over and drove everywhere-all day long! I must say that words escape me, when I try to describe the pristine beauty, history, and the ubiquitious Nature that we encountered. We hope to take in Hoy, Flotta, South Ronaldsay, Shapinsay, Stronsay, Sanday, North Ronaldsay (bird sanctuary), Papa Westray, Eday and Rousay in our next visit to Orkney. (I was tempted to send you our photos of wonderful Orkney, but Sigurd indicated "no attachments", and ofcourse I'd be sending most of you pictures of your own "backyard"!) So that it for now. Vikram Rawal. PS: If any of you know Ann Sutherland and Jim Stockan tell them I said "hello".

Welcome to the list, Vikram. I envy you and your wife your trip to Orkney. Hope I can report the same adventure someday soon. Trish ----- Original Message ----- From: <VikramR@aol.com> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 12:40 PM Subject: [<orcadia>] Hello & an Introduction > Friends: > > My name is Vikram Rawal, I reside just north of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - > USA, and am an Engineer/Business Owner (Automation Systems) by profession. My > wife and I have had the pleasure of visiting Orkney this past September (2003), > now that our youngest is in college, we have just begun to test the new found > "freedom" and pursue our first love - travel & poeple. Orkney became one of my > "must-visit" destinations, after reading about it in an exclusive article in > the National Geographic, several years ago. I was, as they say, smitten! > > Due to our schedule (we drove from Glasgow counterclockwise to Edinburgh then > along the coast, then Inverness to Orkney-then on to Skye, Loch Lomond and > back to Glasgow) we were only able to visit the Mainland, and stayed in > Stromness for 3 days. We ferried our car over and drove everywhere-all day long! I > must say that words escape me, when I try to describe the pristine beauty, > history, and the ubiquitious Nature that we encountered. We hope to take in Hoy, > Flotta, South Ronaldsay, Shapinsay, Stronsay, Sanday, North Ronaldsay (bird > sanctuary), Papa Westray, Eday and Rousay in our next visit to Orkney. > > (I was tempted to send you our photos of wonderful Orkney, but Sigurd > indicated "no attachments", and ofcourse I'd be sending most of you pictures of your > own "backyard"!) > > So that it for now. > > Vikram Rawal. > > PS: If any of you know Ann Sutherland and Jim Stockan tell them I said > "hello". > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >