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Once we had walked all through the Cathedral and gravestones, Dad wanted to visit St. Andrew’s Castle site before it closed so they did that…. While the 4 ‘kids’ walked way out the long pier just behind the Cathedral near East Sands beach …
Andrew and I drove back home to Aberfeldy, just the 2 of us …. Listening to 2 hours of Scotland radio, intermittent rain, glorious countryside (virtually no cities and very few towns on the A-9 from Inverness)…
…. taking photos of the silly-to-us-Americans road signs:
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So, after lunch at Urquhart … and after spending as much time as possible waiting for Kevin and Chelsea, we decided to go on to the Castle itself …
The castle itself feels a lot bigger than it looks – especially since a couple of the towers still [...]
We left Culloden Battlefield around 1:30p or 2p and headed back west through Inverness to Loch Ness
I had cut up some veggies that we snacked on in the car … Mom had brought some “crisps” for more snacking.
Kevin and Chelsea were (finally) on their way north, so we told them to meet [...]
{the following words and photos are all Andrew’s}
I tried to keep in mind which turn I had made as not to get lost, but I purposefully took the smallest roads I could find. Just to test my driving skills and get ready for the week of driving ahead of me. Its’ one thing [...]
{the following are all Andrew’s words and photos about how he spent Sunday}
We woke up Sunday morning prepared to spend the day driving around the lower Highlands. Amy was feeling sick after her shower though, so since we had two cars we wold the other 4 to take one car and head out [...]
… and now comes the saddest part of our Scotland vacation: I got sick.
I don’t know if it was what I ate, or something about the heat in the plane, or what … but Saturday afternoon I was sick, and Sunday morning I didn’t feel any better at all …
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{The following is journaling from Andrew}
Anybody that knows me knows that I love music. It’s an obsession and it’s my life. I hate to not be listening to music, especially if I’m driving. I like that if I hear a song when I’m driving that in the future it will act as a [...]
When we arrived on Friday, I read in the check-in materials that we needed to turn the water heater on. Every single outlet and appliance had an on/off switch – including the water heater.
So, since there would be 6 of us showering, I turned on the water heater ASAP Friday night.
But then [...]
Driving back to Moness Resort from Pitlochry…. Andrew and I in the Mercedes…
Andrew and I got veggies for salad and a few more veggies for later in the week.
We got bread and butter so Andrew could have toast, a long with some [...]
So, while I napped in the car, my mom went shopping and the other 4 walked to the distillery … and it must have been quite the hike because they all 4 came back with muddy shoes.
While still in Pitlochry, we decided to find a [...]
As I mentioned, Rick Steves described a ‘Whisky Walk’ in Pitlochry in his guidebook….
If you’ve ever suspected you were a Hobbit in a previous life, spend an afternoon hill walking from downtown Pitlochry to a pair of distilleries. The entire loop trip takes two to three hours, depending on how long you linger [...]
So one of the ways we were able to afford to go to Scotland this summer is the lodging – my parents traded their timeshare week for one in Scotland, so we had access to a little cottage that sleeps 6 for free (kind of).
They ended up getting a cottage at Moness [...]
As you read this, we’re probably on a plane to Scotland!
SCOTLAND!
I’m excited! My 3rd trip and Andrew’s 2nd trip to Europe …. (wish we could go every year) … .
I was trying to express to a co-worker how excited I am!
Loch Ness Monster! Ghost-walks in Edinburgh! Historic battlefields!
Ok, actually [...]
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