I’m on my way!
18. maaliskuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Flying Stand-by can be stressful sometimes…. But not today! Christy dropped me off at the airport nice and early. No lines to see an agent and get my “jumpseat” pass on Delta. Security was onlyLue lisää
Scotland… I’m here! 🏴
19. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
London airport was a bit crazy! Even with the kindness of no less than 8 helpful people, I still missed two flights of hoped to catch to Edinburgh! But all that is history, now. My first glimpse ofLue lisää
First night in Edinburgh
19. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
Found out that it’s the St Giles Cathedral just outside the hostel! I walked up and down the “Royal Mile”, which is mostly very touristy, but I don’t mind one bit! SO much plaid wool,Lue lisää
I don’t mind a moody morning!
20. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
It’s been a drizzly morning and I really don’t mind! I imagine the stones of Edinburgh wouldn’t shine quite so well if they were dry! After I bought my croissant and Americano, I walked throughLue lisää
More pics for “moody morning” post
20. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
Umbrella…ella…ella!
20. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
After lunch the rain really started coming down, so when I saw this large covered outdoor mall, I was ready to shop for an umbrella! ☔️ 😆 It’s so nice to have no communication problems! EveryLue lisää
Together!… this time in Scotland!
21. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌬 48 °F
Andrea is here and we spent our first day together in Edinburgh putting in some miles! We walked to Dean Village - a former small little village by the Water of Leith. Along the way we saw the opulentLue lisää
Too much today for one post!
21. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌬 46 °F
Our next planned stop was the National Museum of Scotland. This museum had SO much to see and entry was free! We didn’t have more than a couple of hours to spare, so our visit was much moreLue lisää
Last but not least today…
21. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌬 46 °F
Edinburgh Castle was last on our list today and the skies cleared enough to have some impressive views from this fortress on a rock! From a small well preserved chapel King David built in 1130, to aLue lisää
Don’t like the weather?… Wait a minute!
22. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌬 39 °F
Today’s weather was cRaZy! Woke up to sun, but the day held everything from blinding sun, sideways rain, pelting hail, freezing cold… and back to Sun again. Every 5 minutes It seemed to change.Lue lisää
We got our steps in today, again!
22. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌬 39 °F
Not to be stopped by the unpredictable weather, we walked….a lot… again today! My feet are going to thank me when we finally leave Edinburgh with a car! So many cool things to see in this city. WeLue lisää
Keep cool and stay LEFT!
23. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌙 41 °F
We have left Edinburgh and rented ourselves a car! A nice car! (we basically had no choice). Rentals were ridiculously priced and very low inventory. We will just have to grin and bear it! 😆😉Lue lisää
Stirling Castle!
23. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌙 41 °F
Stirling Castle has records as far back as 1110 and is one of the largest and most historically important castles in Scotland! (So much history in-fact that I will not be going into detail 😆). ItLue lisää
Ok… maybe just a few more?
23. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌙 41 °F
More Stirling Castle pictures! Just too good!! 😆
Headed to the Highlands!
24. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F
Leaving Stirling today, we headed south a bit to see the “Kelpies”. The Kelpies are a pair of monumental steel horse-heads that stand about 98ft high. They are relatively new sculptures, but areLue lisää
Shut up Kate!
25. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌫 39 °F
We have named our GPS system Kate. She can be quite insistent with her British accented directions and sometimes is quite wrong! Like today when she basically instructed us to take a right … downLue lisää
A walk through Inverness
25. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌫 39 °F
We managed a sort of self-guided tour thru part of Inverness this afternoon. We saw the oldest house still standing in Inverness and Leakey’s Bookshop, which was a highlight for me. It’sLue lisää
The Sound of Mooooosic!
26. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 37 °F
We had a really nice gal (Coral), in a shop in Inverness, recommend a nearby tour to meet some highland cows! That’s been a goal of mine since… before Scotland! 😆 It also just happened to beLue lisää
Highlands road to the coast
26. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 37 °F
The drive from Loch Ness to the coast was in many ways epic and in some ways familiar! The Highlands are somewhat barren hills and mountains covered in dark (dormant) heather. Some are dusted on topLue lisää
Castle Eilean Donan
26. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 36 °F
Our last stop of the day before arriving at our B&B for the next two nights is the Castle Eilean Donan. This little island's original castle was built in the thirteenth century and was a stronghold ofLue lisää
Takes pluck to get to Plockton
27. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F
We arrived at our cute B&B in Plockton yesterday. This tiny little fishing village is our home base while we visit the Isle of Skye. There are a total of two places to eat, no gas station, no grocery.Lue lisää
Cheddar Scones and Toasty Buns!
27. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F
The weather took a bit of a turn last night (the windy gales woke us both up intermittently! 😯) and today we had our wettest and coldest yet! It was a wild and enchanting day on the Isle of Sky! WeLue lisää
The gift of a sunrise walk!
28. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F
Today is my last full day in Scotland! 😢 We have done SO much and made the most of each day here! It was a blessing and a gift to wake up to the sunrise this morning! I threw some clothes on andLue lisää
Epic Scotland Send-off!
28. maaliskuuta 2024, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F
Today we drove from Plockton to our last little Airbnb in Tarbet (half-way down the west side of Loch Lomand). It would seem Scotland wanted to give us a last taste of some of its enchanting beautyLue lisää
On my way home!
29. maaliskuuta 2024, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
We manged one last look at Loch Lomand before making the drive to the airport to return our spiffy rental car. We said our sad goodbyes to Kate “our GPS” 🤣 and our sad goodbyes to each other!Lue lisää

































































































































































































































































































MatkaajaYay for short security, comfort plus, whole rows to ourselves, and for Christy😍. Can't wait to meet up and enjoy this journey with you!
MatkaajaDitto…what Andrea said❣️
Matkaaja
Love how you captured the other airplane in the window! Excellent timing!
Matkaaja
If it can’t be first class or business class…the only other way to go is a whole row to yourself!