We got up to an empty apartment. Even though we said our goodbyes the night before I thought we’d wake up in the morning to see our friends off. But they were so quiet we slept right through. I missed having coffee with Valerie. She and I were the two early birds over the past 2 weeks. We packed up and made our way to our next destination, Oban, pronounced OH-bin. This is a fishing port on the west coast of Scotland. It’s name comes from the Gaelic languag...

I noticed the location on yesterday’s blog says we were on the Isle of Man. Not so! We were in Edinburgh. This app is being very finicky. It won’t allow me to change the location to Edinburgh. I’ve also noticed several spelling and grammatical errors and I apologize. Today we set off to see the Royal Yacht Britannia, Her Majesty The Queen’s former floating palace for over 40 years berthed in Edinburgh. We were missing Laura and Russ as Laura came down ...

We set off this morning to take a HopOn HopOff bus tour. We passed the impressive Scott Monument (built in the 1840’s to honour the author Sir Walter Scott) and arrived at the ticket seller and bought our “Royal Edinburgh Ticket” that included entry and line-skipping privileges into the Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Royal Britannia Yacht plus travel on all 3 routes of the buses. It was only available to seniors and was a great deal. ...

The guys are golfing today so we three girls have a “day off” and are making our way to Edinburgh. It’s a beautiful day, which made the drive more pleasant. After a couple of hours we decided to stop at the town of Dunkeld to stretch our legs and have lunch. What a nice surprise. The Main Street is very pretty with a few interesting shops and the River Tay running through it. But the big surprise was a beautiful partially ruined cathedral. The Cathedral of ...

Today we visited 4 whiskey distilleries: Abelour, Cardhu, Glenfarclas and Macallan. We tried to fit in another (Glen Grant) but it was too late. We hired a driver for the day so we all could all enjoy the experience. There are over 120 active distilleries spread across Scotland, which are split into five whisky-producing regions; Campbeltown, Highland, Islay, Lowland and Speyside. Where a whisky is made can have a huge bearing on its flavour, everything from th...