The Scottish Highlands

Our journey north to the Highlands may have been rainy, but it only added to the charm and beauty of the green hills and castles.  Read more about the northbound adventures from Sanjana, Gabby, and Michael!

Today, June 6, we started off the day with a lovely breakfast at our hotel where Miranda tried haggis and black pudding. Our coach bus was slightly delayed so we hung out and chatted in the hotel lobby. When George, our driver, arrived we took a scenic route to Inveraray Castle. We spent about two and a half hours driving through the hills. At the castle, we ate lunch at the cafe and went to the gallery with Scottish art. Then we drove another hour to Loch Lomond. We took an hour walk in the forest and although it was rainy 

it was a lot of fun. Then we stopped at a corner shop to get hot drinks and warm up. Lastly, we drove back and ate a delicious dinner.  We played cards and hung out at the restaurant before heading back to the hotel for the night. Overall, it was a really fun day!

Thanks,

Sanjana

Today, we all had to wake up very early in the morning because we were supposed to leave at 8 for the Scottish Highland. My roommate and I woke up extra early so that we would have a little wait for our Scottish breakfast. Our coach was late so we were delayed going to the highlands, but we did eventually get there at around 12. We drove around the highlands for about 30 minutes before we went to the historic Castle called the  Inveraray. It was beautiful castle that had a loads of art work on the wall. After the Castle, we went over to the village called Luss and went for an hour long walk. It had very beautiful scenery. We all took a lot of pictures because the landscape was very green and had a lot of waterfalls. After Luss we went to this very amazingly stupendously extravagant restaurant that was a Cavalry. I ate this very delicious vegetarian sausage meal with mash and cauliflower. We then went back to the hotel to rest up for our early morning.

-Gabby

Today was our third and final day in Edinburgh. We started off the rainy morning with breakfast in our hotel, which included blood pudding and haggis. Our tour bus was about an hour late which gave us a chance to to talk and get to know each other better. When our bus finally came, we left right away for the Scottish Highlands. Despite the incredible scenery outside the windows, most people took the opportunity to catch up on lost sleep. We finally arrived at our first stop the incredible Invararay Castle. We toured the castle which included a magnificent collection of antique art and weapons. After a quick lunch at tea shop on the castle grounds we left to go to Lock Lomond. Despite the rain we got to together and went on a scenic walk of the woods surrounding the lock and the farms around the lock. After our walk it was time to head back to Edinburgh where we had a quick dinner and then headed back to the hotel to rest up for tomorrow's trip to York. - Michael