I did the math earlier today, and between work, business/personal travel, and a revolving door of visitors (not to mention a little thing called a Stanley Cup Championship!)....we've had negative seven hours to spend blogging. Apologies! So here's a quick one on our recent weekend trip to Edinburgh, Scotland.
Edinburgh wasn't exactly on our short list of "must go to" places when we were analyzing our potential trips.....but Kristen and I both agreed, we were very impressed with Scotland's capital city.
We stayed in a hotel right in the heart of the small, very walkable city, which worked out quite well. Admittedly, I can't say I knew much about the city, but after visiting Wikipedia (the website of all things true), we game planned a great weekend which included museums, hiking up a small mountain to the city's main castle, visiting ruins and taking part in an awesome scotch tasting tour.
Kristen, who's heritage includes pretty much every Northern European country there is, was also able to pick up a souvenir with her family tartan....sadly, the same store could not find Vicino in their historical records.
Anyways, here are a few pics from our trip:
We hiked up a dormant volcano to reach this massive castle, which was used for thousands of years to protect the city from invaders (usually the English).
Our scotch tasting flight after our tour...3 out of 4 were really good, but the scotch on the right tasting like you were drinking a camp fire.
The largest scotch collection in the world - hence my
ear to ear smile. And yes, the informative tour portion was conducted in this barrel...
This Roman-like ruin was at the top of a hill overlooking the city. A great spot.
A few more pictures of Scotland's landscape to close things out.......
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