Friday 9th (Arriving in Cardiff) When we arrived in Cardiff, Heather and I were in different hostels and so we planned to re-connect after our check-ins at the Tourist Information Center.Our hostels are over a mile apart, so we quickly made our way to our respective hostel.I made it back to the Visitor center first and went in and started browsing.Pretty soon an older gentlemen came over and told me they were closing…they close at 5:30pm and not at 6pm like th...

Wed 7th (Nottingham) Early Wednesday, we headed out for the train station…we knew it was going to be a loooong day of travel!We arrived early enough to grab the early train to Edinburgh Station.This gave us enough time to grab a bite to eat before catching the next train. Here was our itinerary:Train from Stirling to Edinburgh, change trains: Edinburgh to Chesterfield, change trains: Chesterfield to Nottingham. Jump on tram that brought us a little closer to o...

Mon July 5th (Stirling) Early in the morning we packed up and took the taxi back to the port where we caught the Ferry back to Fionaport. I quickly made my way to the bus because we didn't want to be left behind and have to wait for the next set of buses!We then took the bus back again across the island of Mullaig and to Craignure.While waiting for that ferry to be available to board we watched the unloading of the vehicles from the belly of this huge ferry.I st...

Saturday July 3rd (journey to Iona via Oban/Craignure/Fionaport) I got up at 6:30am and got ready to leave by 7:30am.We walked to the Queen Station and got tickets for Oban.We boarded the train.The front two cars were going directly to Oban and the remainder of the train was headed to Mallaig.We sat at a table with another lady from Jacksonville Fl.She was headed to Iona too.She was staying at the hotel there whereas we are headed to the hostel. The train ride ...

Thurs July 1st (Glasgow) It was an overnight flight and I arrived in Scotland at 7am Scotland time (2am EST). I then purchase a bus ticket and found my way to the hostel where I unloaded my gear and walked around a little bit.I was quite exhausted so I ended up taking a long nap.When I woke up I decided to take my laptop down to the bar to see if I could get on the internet. I was actually able to get on-line (I hadn't earlier) and then Heather came and joined m...