Driving to Isle of Skye, Scotland

We picked up our rental car in Glasgow and headed north to the middle of Scotland to the Isle of Skye. We are now in the highlands. These are some photos we took of our 5 hour drive northward.
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We picked up our rental car in Glasgow and headed north to the middle of Scotland to the Isle of Skye. We are now in the highlands. These are some photos we took of our 5 hour drive northward.
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Glasgow is the largest city by population in Scotland and 4th largest in the UK. Dave and I were excited to go to this city as we both have ancestry that hail from the area. Glasgow had a metropolitanRead more
Founded by Irish refugees in 1825 on the outskirts of Glasgow, Auchentoshan is one of the last active distilleries in the Lowlands. In common with other Lowland (and Irish) whiskies, Auchentoshan maltRead more
It's a still, they boil water at the bottom and it rises up the tube, then condenses at the neck. Because water, alcohol, etc have different boiling points, it allows them to separate the substances and get a higher alcohol % on the product.
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland (although Glasgow is bigger by population). It's population is 527K making it similar to Genoa by population and between Riga (641K) and Tallinn (449K), to giveRead more
SCOTLAND’S BIGGEST ATTRACTION STILL STANDS PROUD ABOVE ITS CAPITAL CITY 900 YEARS AFTER ITS INCEPTION
It’s estimated there were once around 3,000 castles in Scotland but one stands head andRead more
The Edinburgh National Museum is a free museum in Edinburgh Scotland. It acts as a Natural History Museum, Science Museum and a History Museum. It was pretty massive. We spent most of our time in theRead more
Formerly the conquest of greater powers – Danish, Swedish, Polish, German and Soviet – Tallinn is now a proud European capital with an allure all of its own. It's lively yet peaceful, absurdlyRead more
Glad you asked, we went to a restaurant that specialized in dumplings. At the top was classic (beef and pork), the black ones were chicken and shrimp, the last ones were lamb and garlic and were easily the best.
Today we took a trip to Helsinki, Finland. We came over from Tallinn, Estonia via a 2 hour ferry ride. The Nordics are nourishing expensive, so we didn't splurge on any museums today.
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I was surprised the reindeer was excellent. Actually tasted like a slightly leaner shredded beef. you'd have a hard time telling them apart it wasn't that gamey at all. Dave tried the salmon from my soup it was very good although he stayed away from my cream based broth.
Totally funny !! Before I read your caption, I was wondering how they were remodeling up there !! LOL [EE]
Today we went to the Tallinn Great Guild Hall, the former site of the Merchant Guild in Tallinn. The Guild Hall became the Stock Exchange building in 1872, before becoming a museum in 1952.
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If you can read the plaque, it's a mignon typewriter. It offers a stylus to type Russian like characters... to it seems at least.
excellent! This is some great historical detail that I have never seen before. Thanks for taking pictures of those panels.
Riga is the coastal capital of the Baltic country Latvia. Situated on the Baltic Sea, Riga felt like a much busier city than Vilnius, Lithuania. Riga had a true metropolitan feel.
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Can't wait to hear more. I've heard some interesting things about this country.
pictures are coming... sometimes we do a partial upload so the other person can add their stuff. We're working between two phones.
A82 to A87 drive had to be awesome. if you go hiking on the Isle of Skye please be careful. Has to be cool beside the Ocean. Has to be some tasty fishies for dinner. . Be safe. love ya both
Will do!
Hope you have some rain gear w u . looks a little rainy as I track your locations via weather channel🙄😏😉
We do, today is much nicer than yesterday. Monday of the week is rainy though.