Scotland

We took a road trip up to Scotland while Thomas had some time off and LOVED it! We loved it when we first drove in, even though we were in the industrial part of the city! We spent the first afternoon exploring Edinburgh. We had dinner at Deacon Brodie's Tavern, which is named after the man who inspired Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Our gas stash so we didn't have to fill up on the economy ;)

The drive was so pretty!

View form our hotel/apartment

Me in Edinburgh

Thomas and I at dinner at Deacon Brodie's

Edinburgh Castle 

Saturday we took a coach tour that went all over Scotland, it was amazing. We took in so much information, our tour guide was great. Our first stop was in Pitlochry where we had some breakfast, and drove on up to Loch Ness. We went on a boat tour at Loch Ness and really enjoyed it - the tour guide on the boat was a scientist who's been researching "Nessie" for 30 years, so he had a plethora of information to tell us. It was nice to hear some of the science behind "Nessie" and not just the folklore. We drove all through the Highlands and Glencoe, where a massacre happened in 1692 - sad, but fascinating! We finished the day with a "ghost tour" in Edinburgh - it was a little lame, but now we know! :)

Pitlochry

Thomas on our little hike

Gate house to one of the queen's properties

Loch Ness

Part of Glen Coe

The Highland Cows, so cute!

Ghost Tour we did in Edinburgh - lame.

Sunday we had some river activities planned. First was river bugging - we'd never heard of it, but it was really fun! It was just us and two other people, so we had a nice small group. I didn't get any pictures since we were in the water, but we had wet suits, helmets, flippers, everything! We got to go down the rapids, and when we were done we went cliff jumping too! Well, I jumped off the baby cliff, and Thomas did the real cliff ;)

The river where we went river bugging

This is what the river bugs look like - that's not one of us though ;)
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Our last day we met up with our landlord who lives in Edinburgh, and then we went to Edinburgh Castle. The castle was very impressive, we liked learning about the Scottish history. We had so much on our little road trip - we have been wanting to go to Scotland since the day we got here, and we finally made it! :)

View of Edinburgh from Advocate's Close

Edinburgh Castle

Inside the castle