England and Scotland with Family

If we have been anything this past month it has not been lazy. As soon as we were back on English soil we hit the ground running with Ashley's sister and dad. We spent a few days in London seeing all the sites and boy are there some sites to see. After London we hoped onto a train and made our way up to Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh definitely was surprising. I would never have guessed that a city in Scotland would have such interesting architecture and history. After Edinburgh we went on, what I can best describe as a marathon trip of Scotland. We would wake up, walk, walk, walk some more, see as much of a town as we could, crash at the end of the day, and start it all over in a new town two days later.  It was hard but completely worth it. We saw just about every type of Scottish landscape you could see, from grassy fields to rocky mountains. It seemed that everyone enjoyed Pitlochry the most. I personally enjoyed Stornoway, a sister city to Ashley’s home town, Pendleton. I thought it had a real island Scottish feel to it. 17 days and 7 towns later we split ways in Glasgow. Ashley and I went to Todmorden to relax for a week before heading to France and Rick and Shelby flew back to SC. Overall, they were great travel companions and we both highly recommend Scotland! Don’t expect to loss any weight by eating the food though!

 

Castle of Edinburgh

 

Rick and Shelby

 

Rick showing everyone where our apartment was located. 

 

Two salty sailors