Euro-Holiday (Part 2)
OBAN. In a word, whisky.
We enjoy a fine single malt almost as much as a big plate'o'Fat Matt's ribs on a fine June afternoon, but there ain't no Fatt Matt's and there ain't really no BBQ in Scotland so we went on the Oban distillery tour instead. The Oban distillery is smack dab in the middle of town and the third smallest whisky producer in Scotland. A mighty tasty product. A synopsis of the tour: whisky, starts out kinda like bread and beer, but ends up quite different, you drink it anyway.
We drove all over southwest Scotland, Melissa navigating, Eric trying his best to keep the VW on the other side of the road while making weak attempts at the left-handed transition from second to third. The countryside there is just marvelous. A fun trip, but if you're on a tight schedule, I suggest avoiding the "roads" that are depicted as dashed lines on the map, no matter what map you have. We spent a couple of days and nights in Glasgow (see Glasgow School of Art at left), drove NW to Oban, spent a night there then spent most of a day on the road back to Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH. Where Kennedys go to get hitched.
Our friends Heather Metzger and Tom Kennedy got married here. A fantastic time was had by all. The rehearsal dinner, wedding and reception were all held at the Melville Castle - this was a heckuva place to get married! It's basically a huge manor converted into a hotel, just outside the city. Of all the digital photos we took, we sadly do not have any decent ones of the bride and groom. We do, however, have one of Melissa hatching an evil plot to take out a section Edinburgh's South side.
We enjoy a fine single malt almost as much as a big plate'o'Fat Matt's ribs on a fine June afternoon, but there ain't no Fatt Matt's and there ain't really no BBQ in Scotland so we went on the Oban distillery tour instead. The Oban distillery is smack dab in the middle of town and the third smallest whisky producer in Scotland. A mighty tasty product. A synopsis of the tour: whisky, starts out kinda like bread and beer, but ends up quite different, you drink it anyway.
We drove all over southwest Scotland, Melissa navigating, Eric trying his best to keep the VW on the other side of the road while making weak attempts at the left-handed transition from second to third. The countryside there is just marvelous. A fun trip, but if you're on a tight schedule, I suggest avoiding the "roads" that are depicted as dashed lines on the map, no matter what map you have. We spent a couple of days and nights in Glasgow (see Glasgow School of Art at left), drove NW to Oban, spent a night there then spent most of a day on the road back to Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH. Where Kennedys go to get hitched.
Our friends Heather Metzger and Tom Kennedy got married here. A fantastic time was had by all. The rehearsal dinner, wedding and reception were all held at the Melville Castle - this was a heckuva place to get married! It's basically a huge manor converted into a hotel, just outside the city. Of all the digital photos we took, we sadly do not have any decent ones of the bride and groom. We do, however, have one of Melissa hatching an evil plot to take out a section Edinburgh's South side.
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