We woke up early to another beautiful sunny day to start our 4 hour drive to the Isle of Skye. The closer we got the cloudier and mister it got. No wonder the Isle of Skye is known as the misty isle. After about an hour and a half into out drive we were stopped by police who told us the road was closed and we had to backtrack and take another route that added about 45 minutes to our drive. We saw lots of spectacular scenery including mountains, lochs, sheep, cat...

Today we’re making our way to the Inverness area to take in Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness, Culloden Battlefield, and Clava Cairns. This whole trip the gps in our car has had a mind of its own. It takes us on a completely different route than our friends. Today was no exception. But the problem is that sometimes we can’t seem to find some of the places we want to go. And that was the case today. We eventually got it sorted out by putting in a different addres...

Today we are leaving our villa in Kilconquhar Estate and driving to Elgin in the Highlands. It was going to be about a 4 hour drive so we decided to break it up and stop st Dunnottor (pronounced duh-NAW-tour) Castle, sitting on top of a bluff that sticks out into the North Sea. The ruins are nothing short of spectacular. I love learning about the history and trying to imagine what it was like to live in those times. William Wallace, Mary Queen of Scots, the Mar...

Scone, pronounced Scune, Palace is currently the residence of the Earl of Mansfield. But there’s a lot of history here. In the 9th century, Kenneth MacAlpin established himself as the first true King of Scots. According to legend, he is said to have invited the Pictish King Drostan with all his nobles to banquet with him at Scone. While they were seated, and perhaps taking advantage of their gluttony of both drink and food, the Scots drew out the bolts suppo...

Culross (pronounced KOO-Russ) is a village where you feel you’re in 17th century Scotland. Several films have been shot here that invoke Scottish villages of times past. Captain America: the first avenger and the Outlander television series are shot here. It was a cute Scottish village on the Firth of Forth. Culross served as a port city on the Firth of Forth and is believed to have been founded by Saint Serf during the 6th century. We strolled through the s...