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- Day 1
- Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 9:55 AM
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 163 m
CanadaSpring Creek43°41’5” N 79°37’28” W
Flight #1 ✅
August 23, 2022 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
After a 2:45am wake up call for a 5am flight - we have landed in Toronto!
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 11:00 AM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 25 m
ScotlandEdinburgh Airport55°57’0” N 3°21’34” W
Flight #2 ✅
August 24, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 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 (WallaceRead more
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 1:00 PM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 32 m
- ScotlandFisherrow55°55’50” N 3°4’31” W
Queen Margaret University
August 24, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Got back to the school safe and sound!
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- Day 3
- Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 11:00 AM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 34 m
- ScotlandFisherrow55°55’50” N 3°4’34” W
The Move
August 25, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 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.
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- Day 3
- Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 3:30 PM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 75 m
- ScotlandEdinburgh55°57’2” N 3°12’27” W
First Taste of Edinburgh
August 25, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 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 someRead more
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- Day 3
- Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 9:00 PM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 102 m
- ScotlandEdinburgh Castle55°56’55” N 3°11’50” W
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
August 25, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 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.
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- Day 4
- Friday, August 26, 2022 at 10:00 AM
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- ScotlandSkinflats56°1’9” N 3°45’20” W
Kelpies
August 26, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
I love these big horses! Out "Discover Malt Whisky" tour made it's first stop of the day here.
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- Day 4
- Friday, August 26, 2022 at 11:00 AM
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 32 m
- ScotlandKillearn56°0’51” N 4°21’48” W
Glengoyne Distillery
August 26, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 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 theRead more
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- Day 4
- Friday, August 26, 2022 at 2:00 PM
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- ScotlandBalmaha56°5’44” N 4°33’22” W
Loch Lomond
August 26, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
A quick stop to see Loch Lomond before lunch! Grey bonnie banks.
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- Day 4
- Friday, August 26, 2022 at 4:00 PM
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- ScotlandAnnet Burn56°11’20” N 4°4’15” W
Deanston Distillery
August 26, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 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 isRead more
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- Day 4
- Friday, August 26, 2022 at 5:30 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- ScotlandQueensferry55°59’23” N 3°23’42” W
Queensferry
August 26, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Just a quick stop in Queensferry to end our tour day!
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- Day 5
- Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 2:00 PM
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 79 m
- ScotlandPrinces Street Garden55°56’51” N 3°11’44” W
Grassmarket Market
August 27, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 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 chickenRead more
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- Day 5
- Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 4:30 PM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 36 m
- ScotlandPalace of Holyroodhouse55°57’10” N 3°10’20” W
Palace of Holyroodhouse
August 27, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 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 asRead more
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- Day 5
- Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 7:00 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 74 m
- ScotlandEdinburgh Waverley Railway Station55°57’1” N 3°11’17” W
Wandering the City
August 27, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 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 3Read more
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- Day 6
- Sunday, August 28, 2022
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 98 m
- ScotlandOld Town55°56’58” N 3°11’36” W
Happy birthday to me!
August 28, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 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 aRead more
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- Day 7
- Monday, August 29, 2022 at 10:00 AM
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 124 m
- ScotlandLoch Lubnaig56°16’38” N 4°17’2” W
Loch Lubnaig - Highlands Tour Day 1
August 29, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 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 SKRead more
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- Day 7
- Monday, August 29, 2022 at 2:00 PM
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 85 m
- ScotlandLoch Achtriochtan56°40’1” N 5°1’22” W
Glencoe - Highlands Tour Day 1
August 29, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 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 soRead more
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- Day 7
- Monday, August 29, 2022 at 2:10 PM
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 170 m
- ScotlandMeall Dearg56°40’4” N 4°59’12” W
The Most Scottish Thing Ever
August 29, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Separate footprint because I think this is the most Scottish thing I've ever seen. Enjoy.
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- Day 7
- Monday, August 29, 2022 at 3:30 PM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- ScotlandRiver Enrick57°19’27” N 4°26’31” W
Urquhart Castle & Loch Ness
August 29, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 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 ourRead more
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- Day 7
- Monday, August 29, 2022 at 6:16 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- ScotlandRiver Ness57°28’39” N 4°13’46” W
Inverness
August 29, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 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!
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- Day 7
- Monday, August 29, 2022 at 8:44 PM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 19 m
- ScotlandInverness Railway Station57°28’43” N 4°13’36” W
An Evening in Inverness
August 29, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 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 HighlanderRead more
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 10:09 AM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 105 m
- ScotlandCulloden Muir57°28’21” N 4°4’29” W
Clava Cairns
August 30, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 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.
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 10:28 AM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 149 m
- ScotlandStrath Nairn57°28’39” N 4°5’32” W
Culloden
August 30, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 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.
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 12:44 PM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 357 m
- ScotlandDalwhinnie56°56’23” N 4°14’19” W
Dalwhinnie Distillery
August 30, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
A few drams in this shorter stop! No tour this time, only drinking. 😅
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 3:00 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 103 m
- ScotlandPitlochry Railway Station56°42’15” N 3°44’17” W
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