Back From Scotland

So, I went on a much needed two week vacation this month. Skye and I finally took our trip to Scotland and it was absolutely fabulous. We lived out of backpacks, took many train rides, and did a lot of walking, so I hope my metabolism is up and running now!

We started things off by flying into London. We both spent some individual time there before we met, so it was fun taking each other to our old stomping grounds, eating at our favorite restaurants, seeing the musical "Wicked" and shopping. We even got to play tourist and see some things we both still hadn't seen.

We then took the five hour train ride up to Edinburgh. It rained the whole day we were there, which was unfortunate, but we still managed to have a good time seeing the Edinburgh Castle and the Holyrood House, the official residence of the Queen in Scotland. From there we got on the train to Inverness. This was a small town and nothing really to do except take the bus get on a boat to search for the LOCH NESS MONSTER! No, we didn't find Nessie, but it was fun to say we tried.

We then got on a train and headed for the Isle of Skye. Awesome! It took 3 hours by train, an hour by bus and then about a 30 minute car ride to our accommodation, but this was the whole point of the trip. Skye is finally able to say he's been there. We both got to drive on the left side of the road, avoided hitting sheep in the road and traveled to Dunvegan Castle. Apparently, his ancestors used to guard this well known place back in the day. Barely making the ferry back to the mainland, we caught the train to Glasgow this train ride inspired the train rides to Hogwart's in the Harry Potter movies).

Spent the day in Glasgow. We took one of those cheesy double decker tour bus rides, but time was very limited. It was interesting to see the industrial side mixed in with the deep history. We did get the change to see to a very cool art museum called the Kelvingrove Art Gallery. We walked around a bit and then decided to make our way back to London. We had one more day left there before heading back to the US. We utilized this day by finding Abbey Road and Studios, eating at our two favorite restaurants...again, and some shopping. We even went to see 221 Baker Street, of Sherlock Holmes fame. We ended our last night by seeing a play with Orlando Bloom called "In Celebration." Not the best play, but more interesting than watching bad BBC all night.

We got home yesterday evening and we are jet lagged. I am glad to be home, but I still found that I love traveling. I love being on the go and just being off without anybody being able to really reach me. I've had so much on my plate this past year, it was refreshing to finally do something for me and my husband. We needed this time together. I am already sad we had to be a part on Monday, when reality hits and we both have to go back to work. Ugh.