We woke up this morning saying "Can we go home now?". A week of traveling is tiring! We decided not to check out anymore of Glasgow as our original plan was to not worry about seeing much of the cities. They're quick and easy to get to via a flight so we wanted to take advantage of the smaller towns. So we jumped in the car after breakfast and off to Oban we went. It was a nice drive there even though I had a bit of a hard time keeping my eyes open on the journey. I think it only took us about 2 hours. Surprisingly there was only oncee or twice I slept a bit in the car. Normally my head is nodding a half hour into a drive anywhere. I guess I was too anxious to see everything.
We arrived in Oban around 2pm. What a really nice town! Both Keith and I thought the same thing when we drove in. Right on the ocean, not too big, not too small. Immediately it had character. We checked into our B&B then headed back to town to see everything.
We did a bit of shopping and of course visited the Oban Distillery!
We then visited the War & Peace Museum. The interesting thing about Oban is it is the birthplace of the 423 Squadron at Shearwater (Keith's old squadron). It was founded in Oban during War II. So the War Museum had a bit of information on it's formation. There is also a memorial over looking the ocean that lists 423. Very cool.
Next we visited McCaig's Tower. It is a very cool monument that stands overlooking the entire town of Oban. It looks similar to the Roman Colosseum. Here's a link to it and Oban
After our exploration we decided it was pub time. We went to the locals favorite "The Lorne'. Had a few drinks then we headed to the gayiest, touristy thing we could even attend....MacTavish's Scottish Show. We are both embarrassed to admit we even went here. It was an evening of eating while watching/listening to Scottish music. Sounds like a great time, but it was a huge conference like room overlooking Oban Bay which was nice, and it was packed with older people. The entertainment consisted of a bag piper, Gaelic singer, fiddle player, accordion player and a highland dancer. Still sounds good, but it just had the feel of being for tour bus crowds! Haha. They served food and drinks too. It was an interesting experience! That was the end of our evening as we are heading on a tour tomorrow to top the cake on us being tourists!
We arrived in Oban around 2pm. What a really nice town! Both Keith and I thought the same thing when we drove in. Right on the ocean, not too big, not too small. Immediately it had character. We checked into our B&B then headed back to town to see everything. 
We did a bit of shopping and of course visited the Oban Distillery! 
We then visited the War & Peace Museum. The interesting thing about Oban is it is the birthplace of the 423 Squadron at Shearwater (Keith's old squadron). It was founded in Oban during War II. So the War Museum had a bit of information on it's formation. There is also a memorial over looking the ocean that lists 423. Very cool.
Next we visited McCaig's Tower. It is a very cool monument that stands overlooking the entire town of Oban. It looks similar to the Roman Colosseum. Here's a link to it and Oban 
After our exploration we decided it was pub time. We went to the locals favorite "The Lorne'. Had a few drinks then we headed to the gayiest, touristy thing we could even attend....MacTavish's Scottish Show. We are both embarrassed to admit we even went here. It was an evening of eating while watching/listening to Scottish music. Sounds like a great time, but it was a huge conference like room overlooking Oban Bay which was nice, and it was packed with older people. The entertainment consisted of a bag piper, Gaelic singer, fiddle player, accordion player and a highland dancer. Still sounds good, but it just had the feel of being for tour bus crowds! Haha. They served food and drinks too. It was an interesting experience! That was the end of our evening as we are heading on a tour tomorrow to top the cake on us being tourists!
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