Scotland 2005
May 2005 found Patty and Tom in Scotland. Tom spent a week attending the Bruichladdich Academy – working at the Distillery, learning about single malt whiskey, and making new friends. Patty spent the the...
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Scotland 2003
To celebrate our 21st anniversary, we traveled back to Scotland. We chose The Borders because of the arts and crafts. We chose Edinburgh because of the Edinburgh Fringe and we’d get to see Jacqui and...
Scotland 2003 – Islay
We headed to the Isle of Islay to visit the seven working distilleries—Tom’s favorite part of the trip, since we came home with well over the allotted duty-free amount. See a map and descriptions...
Scotland 2003 – Arran
The Isle of Arran has a lot to offer. It’s considerd Scotland in miniature because it has mountains and lochs to the north, and rolling hills to the south. To ward off the cold...
Scotland 2003 – Edinburgh
If you visit Edinburgh in August, you’ll find plenty to see and do. 2003 was our fourth visit to Edinburgh, and the third time we enjoyed the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The best of the...
Scotland 2003 – The Borders
We arrived in Glasgow, but our bags did not. We were reminded once again why we do not like to travel through JFK, and will not again. After getting our hired car, we headed...
Scotland 1997 – Leault Farm
If you’ve visited our site before, you know that we love dogs and constantly marvel at what they can do. While Tom really wanted to check out the different single malt whiskeys, Patty wanted...
Scotland 1997 – Minmore House
In 1995, we found Minmore House in the book Europe’s Wonderful Little Hotels & Inns by Hilary Rubinstein. When our stay ended after three days, we really wanted to stay on. The food was...
Scotland 1997 – The Highlands
One day we headed north of Minmore. Our drive took us to the village of Fochabers and the Baxters Fine Food factory. Then we drove west on the A96, to Elgin, and Johnstons Cashmere...
Scotland 1997 – Edinburgh
Since this was our third trip to the capital city, we didn’t take a lot of pictures. Instead, we visited bookshops, and malt whiskey shops, and just did a lot of walking. We were...