Flight #1 ✅
23. august 2022, Canada ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
After a 2:45am wake up call for a 5am flight - we have landed in Toronto!
Flight #2 ✅
24. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Well, luggage tracker tags work pretty well! We know now that one of our bags was left behind in Toronto. Luckily it wasn't anything super important - just clothes. All the important things (WallaceLæs mere
Queen Margaret University
24. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Got back to the school safe and sound!
The Move
25. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
After sleeping for 13 hours, we moved from H to J Block! We got a tip about the big rolling bins and they made it a lot faster! I think we need these for every move we do, haha.
First Taste of Edinburgh
25. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
After the move, we spent some time exploring Edinburgh! Some errands to run at St. James Quarter, a rest in the Waterstone's Café on Prince's Street (one of the best views of the Castle), had someLæs mere
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
25. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
This was too much fun. It was very cool to see the Esplanade of the Castle set up like a stadium! There were military bands from all over the world that performed. Very very cool.
Kelpies
26. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
I love these big horses! Out "Discover Malt Whisky" tour made it's first stop of the day here.
Glengoyne Distillery
26. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Our first distillery tour of the trip! Glengoyne Distillery is a Highland Whisky distillery right the Highland border. Their whisky is malted and distilled on the Highlands, but matures across theLæs mere
Loch Lomond
26. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
A quick stop to see Loch Lomond before lunch! Grey bonnie banks.
Deanston Distillery
26. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Second distillery of the day! Deanston is also Highland whisky. It is very cool because the building used to be a cotton mill! It has some kind of sad history there, but a very cool modern thing isLæs mere
Queensferry
26. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Just a quick stop in Queensferry to end our tour day!
Grassmarket Market
27. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Got my favourite weekend lunch dishes at the Grassmarket Market! Yummy! A roasted goat cheese sweet potato pancake thing (I should learn the actual name of it) from the Kenyan stand, and chickenLæs mere
Palace of Holyroodhouse
27. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Love it! Still my favourite castle/palace tour to date. There's just so much to see and take it. It's such an interesting history. We actually were able to turn our passes into year long passes asLæs mere
Wandering the City
27. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
After Holyrood, we just wanted to wander around and see things. We finished our bus tour and then got some food, fancy drinks from The Alchemist, and then wandered the Royal Mile. Wallace stopped in 3Læs mere
Happy birthday to me!
28. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Only one post for my birthday because we didn't really do a whole lot of different things. Just a lot of eating, drinking and shopping. (So all in all, a pretty great day!) We started the day with a aLæs mere
Loch Lubnaig - Highlands Tour Day 1
29. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Our first mini stop of the day! A little Loch called Loch Lubnaig. Fun fact! Scotland has about 32 000 lochs (and one lake)! (I mean Saskatchewan has like 100 000, so we're no stranger to that, but SKLæs mere
Glencoe - Highlands Tour Day 1
29. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We had a few mini stops to get to here, but our first real stop on our tour today was Glencoe. I think this is my favourite place in Scotland, and one of my favourite places in the world. It's just soLæs mere
The Most Scottish Thing Ever
29. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Separate footprint because I think this is the most Scottish thing I've ever seen. Enjoy.
Urquhart Castle & Loch Ness
29. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Apparently controlling Urquhart Castle was about as important as controlling Stirling Castle. So, when the Jacobites were losing, they blew it up. 💣 These ruins are on Loch Ness. We followed ourLæs mere
Inverness
29. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
And our night ends with our stay in Inverness! More to update later, but for now we're going to crash in our hotel!
An Evening in Inverness
29. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Our evening was fairly chill because we are both getting pretty tired. We walked around Inverness a bit, across the bouncy bridge and then up to the Castle. We had dinner at a place called HighlanderLæs mere
Clava Cairns
30. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
These are ancient burial sites from approximately 3-4 thousand years ago. It's amazing that they've survived this long! Like, really amazing.
Culloden
30. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Culloden was the final battleground for the Jacobite Rebellion. It was a very somber experience, but a beautiful space. I wish we had more time to explore it.
Dalwhinnie Distillery
30. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
A few drams in this shorter stop! No tour this time, only drinking. 😅
Pitlochry
30. august 2022, Skotland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
I want to go back here. It was Queen Victoria's favourite town and I've decided she has good taste. We had lunch at a fish & chip shop, and I had cullen skink for the first time since being back. YumLæs mere
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