Aside from Edinburgh and Stirling Castle, we also saw Dunnotar, Doune, Drum, Dunrobin, Cragievar, Eilaen Donan, Crathes, Dunfermline Abbey and Holyrood Palace. To be honest, they did start to blur a bit after a while. [...]
Brutally quick Scottish history: William Wallace (aka Braveheart) was a 13th century Scottish warrior who led the Scots against King Edward I of England in 1296, the First War of Scottish Independence. He was knighted [...]
We walked for hours through the city, every corner of which seemed steeped in history.
Edinburgh Castle sits on a bluff overlooking Scotland's capital city, dominating the skyline since somewhere around 600 C.E. The line of royals that called it home is impressive. Mary Queen of Scots gave birth to [...]
"Welcome to Scotland!", said the caddie. "We have golf balls that are older than America!" Our Scottish golf, outside of the beloved St. Andrews, was as follows: Turnberry, Rennaisance, , North Berwick (where Mike is [...]
Loch Ness - with the beautiful pink fireweed that was everywhere - no monsters here!!I'm deciding how to chip my golf ball out of the "Heather on the Hill" - and Mike is taking a [...]
Unbelievably graphic, these are the required warnings for cigarettes in Scotland, where one pack costs the equivalent of $10 in USD. Smoking is on the decline in Scotland, go figure.
This is it!!! St. Andrews is the oldest golf club in the world, with references dating back to 1552. It was pure magic to be on this hallowed ground. People were teeing off constantly from [...]
Well, it seemed sunny to us, since we'd been rained out in Ireland! Our first view of Scotland included a very welcome rainbow (sunshine being a necessary ingredient :) Light ocean breezes, too.Our first stop [...]