Old Town Alexandria

SM attended a conference in Old Town Alexandria (VA) over the weekend.  This was the hotel where they had the conference and where they gave us a room.  I think it's called the Morris House.  This place was pretty posh (is that a word?).  The butler also was the valet.  He brought our luggage to our room and parked the car.

Here are a couple pictures of our room.  The fireplace wasn't real but very beautiful.  On the left side of the picture you can see a door into the bathroom.  The coolest thing about this bathroom was that the toilet flushed so quietly.  It was really neat.

Saturday during the day while SM was in his conference, I went walking around Old Town Alexandria.  Without knowing it, I came across a parade.  I can't tell you exactly 'what' the parade was...but...there were a lot of men in kilts and lots of dogs.  I think it was a dog and Scottish parade.

Here's a picture the some of the dogs.  Different groups of dogs would walk in the parade.  It was lots of fun.  Some of the smaller dogs were wearing kilts and Santa outfits.

Have you ever heard Christmas carols being played by bagpipes?  It's kind of creepy and really cool all at the same time.  I did feel sorry for all the men in kilts because the temperature was pretty low and then there was a breezy.   Brrr!

We also had some Scottish royalty walk in the parade.

And we can't forget the different clans walking in the parade, showing off their family tartan.

I had to include this picture in the group.  For those of you completely lost...this is a picture of the Loch Ness Monster...otherwise known as Bessie.  Isn't that fun?!!

And here's the wharf of Old Town Alexandria.  The boats that were docked had Christmas lights and decorations all over them.