If It's Not Scottish...It's CRAP!!!

Hey everybody. We returned from Scotland last night and we had an excellent time. It was genuinely a great vacation for Jamie and me. When we started, we vowed to really focus on each other for a week. In fact, we did not talk about church even one time for a full 8 days! Here's what I took away:

• Driving on the "wrong" side of the road is difficult.


• Scots love meat & potatoes.


• Haggis, Neeps, & Tatties is not that bad.


• Stay away from the Black Pudding.


• If you don't see a parking meter next to your parking spot, check up the block for one that everyone's supposed to pay at. (Thank you, City of Glasgow, for my parking ticket.)


• The pound is awesome - the dollar sucks.


• If you order a lemonade, you'll get a Sprite.


• Scots love meat & potatoes.


• I love my wife.


• The highlands of Scotland look like Middle Earth (all you LOTR nerds will know what I'm talking about.)


• Scotland has hundreds of beautiful old churches (most of which have been turned into pubs, community centers, or are just sitting empty.)


• Fish & Chips is much better when the haddock was pulled out of the ocean just a few hours before you eat it.


• The only thing harder to understand than a Scot, is a stuttering Scot.


• The BBC is full of shows about fat Americans.
  
• Scots love meat & potatoes.

Here are some of my favorite pictures:

Edinburgh Castle

A flock of pink sheep we spotted. We don't know...?

Small town church

Highland cows

Castle Stalker (a.k.a. Castle Aaaargh from Monty Python)

A couple of pics from the Scottish countryside.

Me after a short hike up one of the peaks at Nevis Range.

Monument to Bonnie Prince Charles at Glenfinnan.

A loch that was so still it became like a mirror.

Jamie and I at Glencoe.

Doune Castle (also featured in Monty Python in the Trojan Rabbit scene.) That's Jamie standing in the lower right corner.

Roslyn Chapel