Submitted by Kristen Dempsey on the 2012 spring semester program in London, England…
This past weekend I traveled back to Scotland with a group of friends. This time, however, instead of doing a full weekend tour, we decided to do two day tours. So we left Thursday night (by bus) and arrived in Edinburgh Friday morning. We decided that for the first day we would just walk around the city and get a feel for what Edinburgh was really like. We even got to take a free walking tour, eat some fried Mars bars, and drink some Irn Bru (which is the best selling drink in Scotland – way more intense than Red Bull).
The next day we took a day tour through the Highlands and up to Loch Ness! That was my favorite tour by far. We took a boat cruise across the loch, and found out that there had been spottings of creatures under the water just hours before our cruise (creepy). That night we arrived back in Edinburgh, ate some Haggis, and went to bed.
The next tour was called “Castles, Lochs, and Whiskey” which is exactly what it was. We saw Stirling Castle, a few lochs, and took a tour through a whiskey distillery where we had a tasting of a ten year old bottle. Not my favorite, but it was worth a try!
What a great weekend filled with memories and fun!
