Posts with the tag scotland

I wish I was Mary

Written on August 3, 2017 in

Edinburgh – August 3rd 2017 Edinburgh Castle had been on my must see list the minute I knew we were going to Scotland. Seeing pictures of this massive Castle sitting above the city drew me right in. I could picture myself there, hundreds of years ago in the stone walls. Thursday was our day to...

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Cemeteries are pretty quiet eh

Written on August 2, 2017 in

Lanark – August 2nd 2017 I wasn’t exactly thrilled to walk around an old cemetery. I’ve never thought of them to be places to hang out (just like the rest of the worlds population I’m sure). But we were driving to a small town called Lanark to check one out. This was a town where...

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I’ll trade you two sick kids for some haggis

Written on August 1, 2017 in

Back to Edinburgh – August 1st 2017 So, Oban was a very comfy sleep. The hostels have the most comfy bunks and big warm duvets. I felt like a queen. Perhaps it was because for a couple days, I had been sharing a double bed with an 8 and 12 year old…another story, another day....

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The road to Oban

Written on July 31, 2017 in

Oban – July 31st 2017 Oban? Where, what, why?? Oban is a little town in the highlands that we found. As we were searching for an airbnb in the highlands, nothing was really coming up. We looked into hotels, all full. Hostels, 1 left!!!! The hostel was in a small town called, Oban. We decided...

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Edinburgh or as it sounds Edinbura

Written on July 30, 2017 in

Edinburgh – July 29th – 30th 2017 Edinburgh Scotland was up next. A quick 45 min flight from Belfast and we were in the next country. No Airbnb this time! Mark’s Mom’s cousin, John offered to have us stay with him and his son Michael. Our first day was spent sprawled out and relaxing, meeting...

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