Showing posts with label scotland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scotland. Show all posts
Thursday 25 December 2014

Pelted by Hail in the Scottish Highlands

10th December 2014
So what is a trip to Scotland without visiting the hyped Loch Ness? Without a car, the easiest way to see the Scottish Highlands was by a tour. I'm personally not the biggest fan of tours but it is convenient. The day that we went was the day which proceeded the "weather bomb". The weather was quite unpredictable, moments of rain, snow and hail. Although I had prepared myself mentally for wet and cold weather in Europe, I never even considered hail. Being pelted by hail isn't exactly fun and resulted in quick dashes from and to the mini bus.

I actually stupidly/ carelessly deleted photos off my SD card before I completely  transferred them over and although I did recover a dozen or so, I do have some missing. Namely, of Loch Ness. Of course.

I think the history of Scotland is so interesting and complicated. Just fascinating. Countryside Scotland actually reminded me a lot of New Zealand to be honest. Gorgeous and stunning.

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Urquhart Castle and the only photo I have of Loch Ness.
Friday 19 December 2014

Glasgow

Glasgow. I had always wanted to visit the city after Love Actually due to one of my all time favourite pieces, "Glasgow Love Theme". Yes really. I pretty much knew nothing about Glasgow apart from (i) the rivalry between Edinburgh and Glasgow and (ii) it was very much an industrial or worker city.

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Glasgow Cathedral

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Until my trip to the US, I had never visited a cemetary before. These days, I am quite open/ interested in visting one and it is why we ended up at Glasgow Necropolis.

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People make Glasgow

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An amazing mac & cheese with cajun chicken for an early dinner.

Overall Thoughts
Glasgow is very much a worker city and not quite appealing to tourists as Edinburgh. However I think it would be quite a lovely place to live in. I really had no expectations of Glasgow and found the Cathedral and Necropolis interesting (if that can be said...)

Would I re-visit?
No.