Our Scotland Trip
Right after buying the farm, we travelled to Scotland. I thought it would be fun to cover our adventures outside the farm in a series I’m entitling “Travel Thursdays!”
How the Trip Came About:
At some point the year prior, Evan and his dad decided we needed to take a vacation. He told me to research and said “Dad said let’s go somewhere like Scotland.” Thus, our Scotland trip was born! One of my favorite parts of a vacation is the research. I love reading about different places and researching the history of each place we visit.
Starting Point for Scotland Travel Research:
- Rick Steves (my go to)
- Fodor’s Essential Scotland
- Top 10 Scotland
- My Scotland Pinterest page (lots of travel blog posts!)
Our Trip:
We spent 9 full days in Scotland with two travel days. Our best friend Tim and Evan’s dad also joined for a trip full of fun hikes and road trip adventures. The weather was perfect and it even snowed once! I might have been the crazy southern girl dancing around in the street catching snowflakes. This is the short list itinerary for our entire trip. I plan to link each day’s blog post back to this page. Keep checking back for updates!
Our Itinerary
Day 1 Thursday, April 20:
Travel day! We flew out of Charleston with our first layover at Dulles followed by a second in Brussels, Belgium. One small bumpy flight in between us and Scotland!
Day 2 Friday, April 21:
We took our connecting flight from Brussels to Edinburgh and landed in Scotland just before 11am Edinburgh time. Today included finding our hotel, FOOD, the Scotch Whisky Experience and walking around Edinburgh
Day 3 Saturday, April 22:
Saturday, we toured Edinburgh Castle and climbed Arthur’s Seat
Link to our Edinburgh Castle Tour
Link to our Arthur’s Seat Hike
Day 4 Sunday, April 23:
Glasgow day! We took the train to Glasgow and took a bus tour around town stopping at the Transportation Museum before continuing the rest of the route. We ended the day touring Calton Hill for the views.
- Check out our tour of Glasgow and our night on Calton Hill here
Day 5 Monday, April 24:
This began our road trip around Scotland. Our first stop was Stirling Castle then onward to Oban for the night.
Day 6 Tuesday, April 25:
After leaving Oban, we stopped in Glencoe for a short hike then drove to the Isle of Skye.
- Driving to Isle of Skye
Day 7 Wednesday, April 26:
Hiking on Isle of Skye
- Fairy Glens
- Beach Trip and Kilt Rock & Mealt Falls (link here)
- Brother’s Point (link here)
Day 8 Thursday, April 27:
Road trip from Isle of Skye to Inverness stopping at Urqhuart Castle and downtown Inverness before ending at the hotel.
Day 9 Friday, April 28:
Driving the Eastern and Coastal trails from Inverness to Dundee stopping at Culloden Battlefield and New Slain’s Castle
Day 10, Saturday, April 29:
Our last full day in Scotland. We drove from Dundee to St Andrews then back to Edinburgh. Our stops included the Falkirk Wheel then went back downtown for one last dinner.
Day 11, Sunday April 30:
Fly home!
The End!
This was an amazing trip. I’m so thankful we had the opportunity to travel to Scotland. Don’t forget to keep checking back for each day’s update!
My name is Ali and I'm learning how to be a country girl! I'm a physical therapist, wife, lover of running and reading and I love to travel!