Make My Order Of Haggis a Double, Please
Jen and I recently went to Scotland with her family ( HERE ) and had a fabulous time exploring the Scottish Highlands . We saw Aberdeen and quite a bit of the Scottish countryside. Next on the agenda was a trip to the country's capital, Edinburgh . The original plan was to make it a day-trip, but we felt that there was too much to see and do in just one day (not to mention a two hour drive each way), so we planned an overnight stay. Country road in Ballater These dry stone walls have been used as field boundaries for well over a thousand years in Scotland We set out early in the morning from our cottage in the charming town of Ballater , and headed south (still on the wrong side of the road) toward Edinburgh. I was simply amazed to see how the landscape could change so quickly from one part of the country to the another (the colors went from a lush, fertile green to a more rustic, almost coarse landscape - beautiful in it's own right). ...