Day 3 started with a full Scottish breakfast. Oh yeah, that's haggis right in the middle of my plate. I dutifully had a few bites and then ate around it. Castle Stalker on Portnacroish. We spent the afternoon at Glencoe, which is just fascinating. Grant told us the whole history of the Jacobites and the… Continue reading Scotland Day 3A
Scotland Day 2C
A selfie before I left Iona. A little video from the back of the bus. My last night in Oban. Look at that sky! I stopped at this fish n chip place and got the smallest thing I could find on the menu. It was still HUGE! I sat on the boardwalk and ate it… Continue reading Scotland Day 2C
Scotland Day 2B
After the puffins, the boat took us over to the Isle of Iona. Iona is the birthplace of Christianity in Scotland, and there is a lovely old abbey there. I didn't have time to go into the abbey, but isn't this vista gorgeous. I thought, that'd be a lovely place to have your lunch break.… Continue reading Scotland Day 2B
Scotland Day 2A
The first of our long days on the tour, to the Isles of Iona, Mull, and Staff. We set out on a large ferry to the Isles of Mull, Iona, and Staffa. Lovely scenery along the way. A sheep traffic jam! So here we are on Mull. You could take the ferry to Iona, and… Continue reading Scotland Day 2A
Scotland Day 1B
Lunch at a pub in Inverary, where I spied this drawing of Inverary Castle. And then I got to see the castle in person! We stopped at a place not on the tour called. Saint Conan's Kirk. It's a little church, built for the architect's mom, so she wouldn't have to walk far to worship.… Continue reading Scotland Day 1B