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    • Day 8

      Shut up Kate!

      March 25 in Scotland ⋅ 🌫 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 … down some stairs! 😂 Most of the the time we say “why, thank you, Kate.” Or “Will do, Kate”! But there are times that the round-about frustration comes to a head and we just say… “Shut up, Kate!” Then Andrea and I will laugh a little and carry on. 🤣 Today we started off with a very nice breakfast spread provided by our B&B hosts. Max and Angie have taken a liking to us and just before we entered the breakfast room, Angie whispered to us, “I saved you the table by the window. I told everyone you had reservation. Shhhhh” with a wink. 😉 We were both in need of some clean clothes, so finding a laundromat was a priority today. We also were able to visit the site for the Battle of Culloden. A wet marshy moor! Another interesting site we visited, nearby, was the Clava Cairns. Clava Cairns were a sacred burial site thousands of years ago! The burial chambers would have been rocks piled into a sort of igloo shape with one entrance and the entire tomb would have these standing rock slabs set intermittent all around them in a larger circle.Read more

    • Day 21

      Highland Shortbread Showdown

      March 17 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F

      I had been looking forward to this for weeks since I found out I’d be in Inverness at the same time as the Highland Shortbread Showdown of 2024. It was just across the street from my hotel so I went early to beat the crowds. I’m glad I did. It tuned out to be quite a popular event, and by noon it was packed. When you walk in they give you a chip to cast your vote for the people’s choice award, and you just begin sampling. Coffee and whisky were free. Contestants were from all over Scotland and they each added a unique twist usually involving regional specialties or liqueurs. Everyone had a traditional recipe to try as well. My vote went to Mackenzie’s Bakery from Skye for their honey and oat entry. I realized later that I had been to their bakery on the square in Portree, the central town on the island, and I loved their jam doughnuts too. And they won! They were chosen best overall and given the showdown trophy.Read more

    • Day 5

      Inverness Pub Besuch mit schott. Musik

      April 29 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Inverness größte Stadt in den Highlands. Wir haben einen Schlafplatz neben dem Theater gefunden und erkunden die Stadt der Kilt Hersteller. Pub mit traditional Ale und schottischer Musik. In Inverness entspringt der Ness, der uns bald zum Loch Ness führt.Read more

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