Honeymoon Recap
Scotland was an absolute dream! Michael and I were extremely fortunate to have good weather for most of our trip with only two days of consistent rain and most days ranging from high 50’s/low 60’s. It was perfect weather for long days sight-seeing and hiking. I’ve been asked what my favorite part of our trip was and it’s extremely difficult to just share one thing. So, I want to share a few of my favorite of each location we stopped in, along with a few challenges we faced too.
Glasgow – a city blending the old with a modern flare
We flew in and out of Glasgow which, in hindsight, was the most perfect way to start our trip. This city is smaller than Edinburgh so it was relatively easy for Michael to adjust driving on the opposite side of the road, as well as opposite side of the car. Glasgow has such charm, leaning into the history that has been there for centuries, but also has this industrialized feeling too. It was really neat walking through the city, touring Glasgow Cathedral, walking through the Necropolis to see views of the entire city, as well as walking through the Botanical Gardens when the rain started to pick up. Our flat was centralized that we could walk everywhere, but was just far enough off the main road that it was quiet and quaint. The best breakfast of the entire trip was at Singl-end Cafe, which we’re still talking about!
Isle of Skye – the most incredible views with a cute town
To start our 5-hour drive to Skye, we made a pit-stop to tour Glengoyne Distillery! It was a really cool tour and ended with me trying some whisky (Michael took his to go since Scotland has close to a 0% BAC tolerance which makes sense once you’re driving outside the city on some narrow roads). We continued our long journey touring the northern part of Scotland (pictures don’t do the views justice) until we reached our Airbnb which was right on the water and about 20 minutes outside of Portree, the main town in Skye. The most challenging part we faced on the entire trip was finding dinner in this town. A majority of restaurants didn’t take reservations, had their kitchens closed by 8pm (even on the weekends!), and hotel restaurants would turn us away since we weren’t guests. Thankfully, we were able to eat each night but there was some doubt. We read about this place quite a bit before going so we were both surprised that no one mentioned the difficulty of finding places to eat, so just a word of caution if you ever want to go there! We saw lots of sheep pastures with lambs, toured Dunvegan Castle & Gardens, and hiked Old Man of Storr.
Edinburgh – the capital of Scotland with all the hustle & bustle
We got in the car and had another 5-hour drive getting to see the countryside which we were still in awe of! This trip felt much faster than the drive to Skye and our flat had views of Edinburgh castle which was super cool (and so was the tour seeing it). We were about a 10–15-minute walk from Old & New Town which was perfect for exploring the city, which is also filled with history, as well as awesome food. We toured Holyrood Distillery, the newest one added to the city in over 100 years! They make gin and other spirits as they let their whisky age (it takes a MINIMUM of 3 years and 1 day to mature Scotch) so it was interesting to see the different processes to make different liquors. Throughout the day, we would pop into different shops, but I think my favorite was going into a bookstore seeing rare editions of certain books.
Our honeymoon has been long talked about and it went by so quickly, like all vacations seem to do! Scotland was truly incredible, but I really recommend renting a car if you want to see a lot of the country. We just got back but we’re already brainstorming what country we should travel to next!
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