Ye’ll tak a wee nip o’ the baurley bree

Today was the closest to a Scottish baptism as I could come. A “wee” train ride from Dufftown to Keith with a visit to Strathisla distillery where they make the Chivas whisky. A tasting flight was of course in order, which I had to be responsible for since Terry was...

Pyramids in Scotland?

Finally a long night’s sleep with no specific time to get up and nowhere to go in the morning. We made shameless use of the laundry machine at Terry’s sister before driving off into the Scottish countryside. We first had a cozy walk through Banchory snacking on some...

Aberdeen and family

We arrived in Aberdeen early this morning after having a proper Scottish breakfast on the train (and my first ever shower on board a train!). Terry spent some time in the station lounge while I roamed the shopping center once it opened, and Terry joined me later. We...

MI and the Caledonian Sleeper

Our hotel had the key to a beautiful private garden called Ecclestone Square park, where we had our breakfast all by ourselves among “Alice in wonderland” paths and flowers. We then headed to the IMAX theater to watch the latest Mission Impossible movie, where I...