FORT WILLIAMS, SCOTLAND
ISLE OF SKYE, SCOTLAND
NO, NOT THAT KIND OF HIGH! As if...
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| View from Sterling Castle |
I picked up the rental car from the
airport and was determined to have a better time on the Scottish countryside
than I did on the Irish countryside. I
bought the best friend money could buy- GPS.
We got along extremely well and she brought me right to the gates of
Sterling Castle without ever muttering, ‘Recalculating.’ Sterling castle was made famous by Mel
Gibson, I mean, William Wallace for his famous Battle of Sterling Bridge in 1297 and Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Both battles were influential in the Scottish retaining their independence from the British monarch.
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| It's official- I'm a princess! |
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| Sterling Castle |
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| Sterling Castle |
I headed toward Fort William but
the drive took much longer than planned due to the AMAZING landscape along the
way. I HAD NO IDEA SCOTLAND WAS GOING TO
BE THIS BEAUTIFUL!! As soon as I passed
the sign welcoming me to the Highlands, this country jumped right into my top 3
favorites! I weaved along the roads
within the green glens and couldn’t believe the amount of waterfalls popping
out of every crevice of the surrounding mountains. I was so excited and I had to capture the
look on my face before the sun went down!
What a natural high! Even the pouring rain couldn’t wash the smile off my face! Scotland was turning out to be pretty
awesome!!
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| AHHHH!! |
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| Favorite picture from Scotland |
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| Ooooo ahhhhh |
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| Scotland! |
I stayed in a very cozy hostel
called Chasing the Wild Goose for the next couple nights- it had lots of
character. My roommate was a super
annoying guy from Scotland who insisted on judging me on everything that came
out of my mouth. I was glad when he
checked out the next morning. I drive
down to the cute town of Oban that was right on the water. I had a nice hike up some mountain trail but
it was nothing compared to what I would face the next day- Ben Nevis. Ben Nevis was the highest point in all the
United Kingdom and we dominated it in just under 5 hours. I had recruited a couple guys from the
hostel, Mischa from Switzerland and Mario from Germany, to join me for the
hike. It was a pretty challenging trail so everyone around us had top-notch
hiking gear. These guys hadn’t planned
on any of it though so they just had jeans.
They hadn’t packed food either…just one Snickers bar to split between
the two of them. Boys! But they motored up and down that mountain
and deserved the huge plate of Hagges they had for dinner!
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| Hike outside Oban |
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| Scottish countryside |
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| Ben Nevis hike |
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| Ben Nevis |
We stayed in a weirdo hostel that
night in the Isle of Skye. It was called
the Skyewalker hostel and it had life-sized cardboard cutouts of all the star
wars characters as well as some disturbing 3-d images. It was family-run, which means they’re
usually cozier. But this one was a
little strange and had too many strict signs to be categorized as cozy.
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| En route to Isle of Skye |
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| Soggy Isle of Skye |
It rained for the rest of my time in
Skye so I didn’t see the gorgeous blue and green contrast that the isle is
known for. I had a fun time with Mischa
and Mario though! It was great to have
company on the road trip and share some laughs!
PLUS, I got to try some of Scotland’s famous Irn Bru. The sugar-loaded, orange soft drink
outsells Coca Cola and every other soft drink every year! It tasted
really good! It was like drinking
original flavored Bazooka Joe. Yum! Thank you, Scotland! Onto France.
Click on
this link to see all the other great pictures from Scotland (you don’t need a Facebook
account to view the photos):
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.921835701717.2364767.1611207&l=a42322ce01&type=1
FOODS I TRIED- Beer,
Hagges (awful- tastes like deer), Iryn Bru (MMM!)
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