That’s right – Andrew and I are going on 2 (count ‘em TWO!) big vacations this year!
Both happen to be in the summer …. and both with family….
We’re not wealthy … Just lucky 
August 2011 we will be spending a week in SCOTLAND!
{The original plan was to go to Ireland and I was going to get this guidebook, but Scotland will do just fine!}
First, let’s look at the weather …
According to one of the main Scotland tourism sites:
So …. that sounds fun Good thing I recently got some cute rainboots! PLUS: We’ve already been caught in the rain while on vacation … I’m sure it’ll be fun!
The city we’ll be based out of:
We’ll be staying the whole week in Aberfeldy, Scotland ….
It’s about 1 hour from Edinburgh, 1 hour from Glasgow and a couple hours from Loch Ness.
Obviously, all those things will keep us quite busy ….
Not to mention the features of Aberfeldy itself – including:
- Killiechassie House – owned by JK Rowling and apparently home to a small lake haunted by a water spirit!
- Aberfeldy Distillery
- the old water mill now turned into a bookshop
Yes, these are the kinds of things we can look forward to!
Frankly, it sounds like a REALLY small town – no theater (movie or otherwise) and a population of less than 2000?!
Awesome…
Accomodations:
My parents got a timeshare at Moness Resort in Aberfeldy. ….. Basically a furnished condo for the week
We’ll be going with my parents, my brother and his girlfriend (Chelsea) …. so the 6 of us will be all in a 2 or 3 bedroom cottage for the week.
One of my constant memories from going on vacations with my family growing up is always going grocery shopping when we reached our destination – because our timeshare unit always had a full kitchen.
Can’t wait to see how that is the same and different in Scotland!
The grounds of this resort look GORGEOUS!
Can’t wait!
That’s all I’ve got for now!
I have the Rick Steves Scotland guidebook in my Amazon cart ready to be purchased ….
I’ve been searching out other travelers’ photos of Edinburgh and Scotland….
I even found this Design*Sponge guide to Edinburgh shopping and food, etc. ….
SO MUCH looking forward to it!!!!
That sounds wonderful! All I know about Scotland I owe to Diana Gabaldon, haha.
Looks like you’re ahead of me on research for the trip. We also won’t be far from St. Andrews. Do you think you’ll be able to fit in rain boots with all those cameras?
I’m thinking about buying a fun new umbrella for the trip.
We’ve got a bunch of Scotland travel videos in our queue for Netflix. I was thinking we could shop for breakfast food, a little bit of lunch food and enough food for 3 dinners. Then each couple can choose and cook one meal sometime during the week. I think the grocery shopping should be quite an adventure there!
Can’t wait!