Last Thursday, Jessica and I left St Andrews and started our top-to-bottom tour of the U.K. We traveled to Edinburgh so we could start our journey early Friday morning with a tour of the Highlands and Loch Ness.
I think I have said this before, but I want to be very clear on this.... the Scottish Highlands are my favorite place to visit and travel around so far. As much as I love other places, there is something magical and beautiful and amazing about the Highlands. I was so excited to share this with my sister, and we somehow even manged to go on a perfect sunny day.
Our tour started in Edinburgh, drove up through Glencoe, over to Ben Nevis (where we were able to see the top, which only happens on a hand-full of days each year), and then to Fort Augustus where we took a boat tour of Loch Ness before heading back down to Edinburgh. It was a beautiful day, we had a great time, and we are both planning our next trip to the Highlands to hike the Highland Way trail in a couple years.
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| Welcome to the best tree in the Highlands.... it is growing out of a rock! |
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| Meet Hamish the Highland Cow.... or Hairy Coo |
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| Hogwarts Express tracks |
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| A bit of a foggy morning, but it cleared up later in the day |
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| WWII Commandos memorial |
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| Scottish Thistle |
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| No trip to the Highlands is complete without a kilt and bagpipes |
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| Loch Ness... can you spot Nessie? |
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| Because we found her |
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| And she swam along side our boat for a bit... she might appear small, but that is just the camera playing tricks on you |
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| Ben Nevis even made an appearance for us |
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