Sunday was, without a doubt, my favorite day of this trip because we toured the Highlands. Definitely a dream come true for me! We toured with Will of the Highland Experience. To say he was an excellent story teller would be an understatement. I was thoroughly engrossed in every word that he said; considering the tour lasted twelve hours, that's a lot of words! lol He explained the term "guard e loo" (spelling is incorrect, I'm sure), which was used wa...

Our trip consisted of several lectures at Stevenson College. On Friday, Hamish Irving explained the economy of Scotland as well as some modern conventions that differ from our own. Dorothy Bartlett explained the history of Scotland including religion, monarch, and financial impacts. On Monady, "Paddy" lectured us on the Scottish Parliament and the historical events leading up to it. After the lecture we toured the Scottish Parliament.

Upon arriving in Scotland, I was pleasantly surprised by the abundance of sunshine. Saturday was even more beautiful than Thursday, which was ideal for walking around Edinburgh. However, the weather was dramatically different on Friday and every other day since consisting of "liquid sunshine" as the Scots like to say. On Thursday, I had fish and chips for first time which was delicious. I was pleasantly surprised by the variety of nationalities in Edi...

Saturday was our free day to roam and like I stated above, we were blessed with beautiful weather. First I toured the National Museum of Scotland which contains artifacts dating back hundreds of years. I dined at Frankensteins Pub before shopping on the Royal Mile. Afterwards, we toured Edinburgh Dungeon which was thoroughly entertaining. The actors presented themselves as people who lived here 500 years ago. They managed to entertain us with humor while educa...

On Thursday, I explored what is referred to as New Town in Edinburgh. Long ago, Edinburgh was a filthy, smelly city, so the wealthier residents constructed a more pleasant place to live north of Edinburgh Castle. This part of town has wider streets and currently contains tons of shops, pubs, and restaurants. Among the many available, I visited El Barrio, Andersons, Garden Cafe, Hard Rock Cafe, Dirty d*** , and Thirsty 26. Unfortunately, I cannot recall the names ...