MAGNIFICENCE & MYSTERY IN EDINBURGH Having explored the main centre of Edinburgh yesterday we went a little further afield today, out to Rosslyn and Holyrood, to see a few more of the sights this city is famous for. Top of the list was Rosslyn Chapel, one of Scotland’s […]
CHARMED BY EDINBURGH Edinburgh is charming! The Old Town has a wonderful Medieval feel to it, with its cobbled streets, Gothic architecture, and wynds (i.e. tiny, narrow alleys). And the New Town is brimming with beautiful 18th century stone buildings, parks, and wide boulevards that lend it a […]
VIEWS OVER EDINBURGH FROM CASTLE HILL Edinburgh Castle towers over the city below, providing spectacular views over the town below and surrounding landscape. There has been a fortress of some kind on Castle Hill since the Iron Age, and as Edinburgh and the Kingdom of Scotland grew in […]
END OF THE HIGHLAND ROAD FOR US… We pulled into the car rental place at Inverness with heavy hearts this afternoon; our Highland road trip came to an end today so we had to hand the keys back over and bid farewell to the glorious Scottish scenery we’ve […]
SKYE’S THE LIMIT The Isle of Skye is one of Scotland’s top tourist destinations (after Edinburgh and Inverness/Loch Ness), and with good reason! We did a day-long driving tour of the island today and got to see picturesque villages, jagged mountains, velvety moors, cascading waterfalls, and towering sea […]
Wandering Soles 