Friday, 10 August 2007

Glasgow!

Before leaving Brodie we took a quick stop at the Countryfare store then we were on our way - again! Drove through Nairn, Inverness and all down along Loch Ness. We didn't see Nessy! Hehe. Not as spectacular and exciting as I was expecting. Then again it was a drab day so everything looked pretty dull. It looked like any lake (called lochs in Scotland) with rolling hills.

We drove through another mountain range (can't remember the name) and a portion also had lochs nestled below the mountains and beside the road. It was a beautiful drive. I unfortunately didn't take any pictures. I would like to do that drive again and maybe stop and check out the mountains. However, it is another remote area and there isn't much else around.

On our drive from the North down to Glasgow we stopped at the Dalwhinnie Distillery as Keith had to see this one too. We visited the gift shop and bought another bottle of scotch. The Scots call it whisky, we never heard it called Scotch. He now has quite the collection and will need some of you to help him drink it, because it won't be me!



We arrived in Glasgow at supper time in crazy rush hour traffic with no idea where we were going. Good times! We spent an hour driving through the city. We did have a small map with the hotel on it, so that was a huge help. We arrived at the hotel around 6pm. Once we dropped our stuff and relaxed for a minute we headed off to town. It was about a 15 minute walk. We went to Bella Italia for supper as it's one of my favs. Great Italian food, at great prices. We had a really nice dinner. Afterwards we found an internet cafe as I was in withdrawal! It seemed strange to go a week without being in contact with anyone. I did text Dad as we hit the Scottish border and called him on our way into Glasgow. Once finished checking our email we took a walk around a bit of the city, then we went back to the hotel. We had a few drinks and then crashed for the night. And how nice, it's suppose to rain tomorrow when we'll be spending the entire day outside watching the piping championships. Can't wait!

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