Days 12 to 17!!!!! More of Scotland
On our way from edinburgh to our hostel on the wild island of Mull we stopped for a brief dose of history at stirling castle. Absolutely beautiful!and this is it! the final resting place of the last unicorn. they are all about unicorns here! and gargoyles....lots of gargoyles! and i love both! so i was in gargoyle and unicorn heaven of course!
me and haley in gargoyle purgatory, and all of us in gargoyle and unicorn heaven pictured above
Then we were wisked off by ferry and a rather a long car ride to the town of Tobermory....
we left the girls at the hostel after dinner and visited the quaint pub next door! Mishnish! what a magical name......
we met some lovely young people from ireland who had just arrived in their sailboat. they insisted we roust the girls! so in the girls came for their first pub experience which ended in a sing-along and circle dance! when i got back to the pub after returning the girls to their bunks i found out we'd been asked to stop dancing..... what's wrong with my moves??!!
next day found us on a ferry to Iona, the mystical island where st. columba was monk-ing around. had picnic on the beach with seagulls who have a diferent language from those at home ( i swear it, they sound different!) and truly enjoyed this peaceful monastery island.
ok this is getting way too wordy. the next day we visited standing stones and got some more album cover shots,
left the island, drove past some magical train line,
and arrived in fort william!
and arrived in fort william!
the following day was back to school day. but apparently some people don't want to cut their summer holidays short even if it is to go to hogwarts! 
So, we took a nice hike!
we also went in search of nessie at the loch!
all we found was this lousy castle
, fun dress ups tho!
our last stop in scotland was Pitlochry! we visited the tiniest scotch distillery in the world and had the tiniest taste! brinna found a lovely place for a haircut, nobody wanted to risk it. after all, next day was on to ireland to visit the rellys for the first time! but that is for another blog!
3 comments:
Hey Guys, Fascinating and looks like so much fun! Thanks for the posts--I'm really enjoying them. Can hardly wait for Ireland!! Love, Patty
This is great! You are having a blast and everyone looks happy and healthy! Your pictures of Scotland remind me of Ireland...you will have such fun and the people...they are so grand! Keep having fun and we are looking forward to sharing Ireland with you! Oh how I wish we were there with you! Lots of Love, Janet
What a lovely place for a haircut!
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