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Today was another travel day. It’s back to Edinburgh so I can catch my flight home tomorrow. The train was short a car and really crowded, but it wasn’t bad at all. Hell of a lot better than the Van Galder bus! Tonight I’m staying in The
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On my final full day of siteseeing I took a trip to the Isle of Skye on a cold and rainy day. Even with cloud cover all day it was stunning. Before heading for Skye we stopped at Urquhart Castle, and Eilean Donan Castle. And of course, more Hairy Cows!
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I’m really liking the weather in the highlands. Sun comes out occasionally, pretty cool temps for the middle of July. I wore pants and a sweatshirt all day and was actually chilly at one point. Today I took a little tour of inverness. Like every town in Scotland it’
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Today was a travel day. I left Edinburgh and travelled to Inverness via rail. As a Wisconite who lived through Scott Walker’s teure as governor, riding the train brings about a wistful remembrance about what could have been. Regardless, the train is a great way to travel. I had
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After spending the previous day walking all around Edinburgh I was looking forward to a small group tour of the Highlands including Glencoe and Loch Ness. It was a long day, filled with beautiful scenery. The driver, Mac, was friendly, played excellent music, and had great stories in between stops.
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My Apple Watch tells today me I broke pretty much every movement record I had previously set. I’m not going to argue because it feels like it. I woke up this morning, grabbed breakfast, then headed out to wander Edinburgh until a tour I had scheduled started after lunch.
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Today I left the Breis, who have been incredible hosts on the first leg of my trip. We drove up to Edinburgh this morning and spent the day walking around in the hottest weather Scotland has ever seen. That’s just a normal Wisconsin summer day except since they don’
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There is a heat wave hitting europe right now so today was a good day to check out the ocean and hopefully catch a decent breeze. We drove down to the small tourist village of Southerness. It was a pretty relaxing day. We ate some lunch at the Paul Jones,
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After my long trip I slept around 12 twelve hours Saturday night. I woke up Sunday morning and enjoyed some coffee and toast before we headed to Glasgow for the day. Andy and I are both fans of a Scottish sitcom called Still Game so we made sure to visit
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I began my trip to Scotland on Friday morning, waking up to catch the 5:30am bus to Chicago O’Hare Airport. I arrived at the airport with plenty of time to check in and get through security, and was looking forward to a somewhat short, two hour wait before
