As a UK person, I'm delighted you liked our country!  My first husband was from the West Highlands of Scotland, I was working there when I met him, and the rural roads up there are mainly single track with "passing places" lol.   I agree with you on portion sizes - I mainly have several starters instead of a main course these days, when I eat out.  

It's gives you pain if you eat to much. The pain is so bad you stop eating. 

Glad you have a great trip

Sorry about the colds

Bet you are already thinking about when to go back

I NEED to experience Scotland by train....need need need LOL

Britain/the UK is amazing.  I have been blessed to see much of the country over my lifetime.  FIrst in vacations when we were overseas, then on business trips during my own career. I still need to take my bride to the UK and Ireland. 

As for Mounjaro, I am on it now titrating up each month to the max dose.  I'm about half way there.  It can be a challenge. Particularly the intermittent nausea. I have yet to get sick but I will have periods in the first few days after dosing where I feel like the kiss of death is upon me. Fortunatley, it is intermittent and I can take a seat for about 10mins then I am fine.

I was on Ozempic before Mounjaro. Not much differenece. Your DH is fortunate that he was not on Byetta. The first iteration of the class of meds. I not so fondly referred to it as Lizard Spit. That class of drugs is derived from a compound found in Gila Monster saliva.  It was taken daily instead of weekly.  Inject and 15mins later the nausea was so insane that it knocked your knees out from under you.  It was the worst nausea immaginable and you can't throw up.  I tried.  Nope, You just suffered for about 15mins then, it went away but the weakness from the nausea would last an hour or two. I always took it about an hour before bed so I could sleep through most of the recovery period.

Now for the great stuff. Congratulations on your #2 and St. Andrews.  That is amazing.

Enjoy your visits and make them frequent.

I would.

When I went to Europe as a 12 year old with my over the top strict paternal grandmother I had jet lag mostly coming back not so bad flying out there.  It was awful.

And yeah the roads are super narrow especially the more North you travel. 

That ozempic stuff scares me.  I was just diagnosed with a hiatal hernia which I suspected I had for some time probably due to pregnancies.  I hear that that stuff can freeze your stomach permanently or cause nerve damage.  I think I'll remain pleasingly plump.  And yes about the portion size I always take half of anything I order home for the next day.

Glad you loved the UK and Scotland in particular. I loved it, too, when I visited it the first time in 2006 - alone. I didn't drive that time, but I did get up to St. Andrews. Absolutely gorgeous!!

I've been up to the top (John O' Groats and over to the Orkney Islands) and down as far as Rye in Kent and Romney Marsh, but I've never been to the western parts of the UK. That's on the list for the next couple of years.

I adore Edinburgh - been twice and the first time I drove in the UK was in Edinburgh. I studied YouTube videos for practice so I could train my brain for left hand driving. My daughter and I drove (well, I drove) all the way up to Inverness and back down to Heathrow. I had some challenging experiences on the road, but didn't wreck and didn't get a ticket LOL. Bravo to you for driving!

I love London and pretty much all of what I visited in the UK.

Right now I'm on the coast of France in my friend's cottage after a week in Provence. It. Is. GORGEOUS there. The pictures do not lie, but what I didn't know about was the.........................the Mistral. The Mistral winds HOWLING down the Rhone river the Meditteranean. We got our first blast in Gordes and it was kicking something up that started my allergies. When I get a congested head, 9/10 times, I get an upper respiratory infection. So.....I had a cold and chose to sit out our walk/hike on the last day in Bonnieux. In Bonnieux, the winds were gusting so hard. I laid in bed all day Thursday after a visit to the pharmacy in Bonnieux - the nightime cold syrup helped me rest. Now my friend has a cold, too. But it's minor. A day or two of sniffles and a bit of a nasty cough that's hard to shake, but otherwise we're feeling much better.

I'm in the process of renting a bike for my week here in the Vendee. Just arrived today. Getting settled in and having dinner shortly with my friend's neighbor. She's owned this cottage since 1998 and used to come regularly until early 2018. This is her first time back since then (Covid).

In a week, I'll head back to Paris for a couple days on my own before I go home.

Surprisingly, I didn't experience much jet lag this go around, but I also haven't slept great since arriving (except for the nights with the cold syrup). I've been sharing a hotel room with my friend for the last week and she's been a peaceful sleeper UNTIL she got the cold. Now that we are at her cottage and have separate rooms, I'm hoping we'll BOTH sleep much more restfully.

Hope everyone is doing well.