My christmas bed

Chestnuts raosting on an open fire...

A note from my backpack

"God is made real in what is beautiful." - Plato

First impressions of Edinburgh

Our hostel, Castle Rock (Edinburgh)

Camera Obscura, Edinburgh

Look at the mix of my and Sigi's features! (Her eyes,
my nose and mouth, her chin... freaky)
What a weird and wonderful place.

High Street, Edinburgh

I also got a hair braid - picked all the shades of green myself. (I know, I was a tourist, I sold out - it felt good at the time)

Calton Hill, Edinburgh

Ruins

On the way...

From Pitlochry to Inverness

Edradour (the smallest whisky distillery in scotland)

Loch Ness

Day 7 in Scotland

We left Oban at 09h00 in the morning and went for a walk in an "enchanted forest" - that's what we were told. It was rainy and wild and beautiful.




We also stopped off at a rondom church off the beaten track that our tour guide new about - with the most fascinating architecture and details...



Just before we reached Edinburgh we stopped at Stirling to see William Wallace's monument.



And with that it was goodbye...

Our map...

This is basically the route we took - we went to Manchester to visit Emile. After Manchester we took a train through Carlisle to get to Edinburgh. We stayed there for a couple of days and then went on a jump on jump off tour of 3 days through MacBackpackers which took us the following route...
Day 1:Edinburgh - Pitlochry - Loch Ness - Inverness
Day 2:Inverness - Kyleakin (Isle of Skye) - Fort William - Oban
Day 3:Oban - Stirling - Edinburgh
We then flew home on Sunday morning 8h45... tired and happy.

Back in the driving seat

Well, my half term is officially over. (1 week holiday in the middle of term) and I am back at work. Now I'll be getting up at 5h55 and WORK (Never mind arriving home) untill the sun goes down. (daylight savings is well and truly over) By the time I reach home (1 hour 30 minutes later) the stars are out, the moon is turned on at full wattage and it seems like EVERYONE in London has been home for hours already. But my cups of earl grey tea does help. Just a little.

My photo's of Scotland will be published over the weekend - since I took over 350 photo's I need to do some downloading, some editing, and still narrow it down to the best shots, which is why it is taking so long. But I promise it will be soon. Hopefully I will also be publishing a map to show you the route we travelled, 'cause I know just mentioning names will probably not mean a lot to most of you. Will write soon, hope everything is well with you all.