Our Holiday

So we didn’t really have anything planned out, so the whole thing was just done sort of where we felt like going that day. We ended up staying the first 3 nights or so in Edinburgh, toured the castle, saw a museum, walked around a good bit. Then we rented a car and headed up to Inverness. We took the long way and stopped in St Andrews for Carter and his Dad to visit the golf course there. The kids enjoyed walking on the beach collecting shells.  I had to take a bit of sand with me…it was the softest, most powdery sand I’d ever felt (full of crushed shells).

 view from Edinburgh Castle

 at the National Museum

 gotta love the look on Elliot's face

 outside the club house at St Andrews

 Notice the stark difference in Elliot's attire and the boys behind him?

It had been 2 months since they had bathed in a "normal" bath tub and this hotel had a huge one for them to enjoy.

Inverness was nice and we visited Loch Ness while we were there…Carter showed me where he camped on the beach there back in 2000. No, we didn’t see Nessie. We took some wonderful scenic drives around the highlands and took some wonderful pictures.  We spent a few nights there and then headed on back to Edinburgh.

Pictures around Loch Ness...

If you’re ever in Edinburgh, there’s a great little hostel called Haggis Hostel where the people were super friendly. Evan and Elliot made quick friends with one of the owners there and were following him around everywhere. By the time we left, the wall of their office was covered in drawings that Evan had made for them. He also turned Evan into a Hearts fan (local football club) which didn’t take much convincing…I mean they’re called the Hearts- how could she not like them?

We then continued on over to Glasgow for a couple of nights and took a little walking tour around the city. And we ventured over to Stirling for one night before heading back to Edinburgh for Jim to catch his train back to London and for us to catch a bus to West Linton. The whole thing was a bit of whirlwind, but we saw some great sites and enjoyed our visit.

Here are some random pics from our drive around the Highlands...I'm not sure on locations.