Flight #1 ✅
23 августа 2022 г., Канада ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
After a 2:45am wake up call for a 5am flight - we have landed in Toronto!
Flight #2 ✅
24 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 (WallaceЧитать далее
ПутешественникGlad you arrived safely. Hope your bag arrives soon and WestJet delivers it straight to your door 🙂
Queen Margaret University
24 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Got back to the school safe and sound!
The Move
25 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 someЧитать далее
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
25 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
I love these big horses! Out "Discover Malt Whisky" tour made it's first stop of the day here.
Glengoyne Distillery
26 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ☁️ 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 theЧитать далее
Loch Lomond
26 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
A quick stop to see Loch Lomond before lunch! Grey bonnie banks.
Deanston Distillery
26 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ☁️ 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 isЧитать далее
Queensferry
26 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Just a quick stop in Queensferry to end our tour day!
Grassmarket Market
27 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ☀️ 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 chickenЧитать далее
Palace of Holyroodhouse
27 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 asЧитать далее
Wandering the City
27 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 3Читать далее
Happy birthday to me!
28 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 aЧитать далее
ПутешественникGlad you had a great day and that your luggage has been found. Love you lots.
Loch Lubnaig - Highlands Tour Day 1
29 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ☁️ 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 SKЧитать далее
Glencoe - Highlands Tour Day 1
29 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 soЧитать далее
The Most Scottish Thing Ever
29 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Separate footprint because I think this is the most Scottish thing I've ever seen. Enjoy.
Urquhart Castle & Loch Ness
29 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 ourЧитать далее
Inverness
29 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 HighlanderЧитать далее
Clava Cairns
30 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
A few drams in this shorter stop! No tour this time, only drinking. 😅
Pitlochry
30 августа 2022 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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. YumЧитать далее
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