Bonnie Scotland! =)

Hey guys! =)

In the next few posts I will write sort of a diary for you. One year ago I participated on a language trip with my ex-classmates and two teachers to Scotland for 10 days and I really enjoyed it. Therefore I want to show you a couple of sights we've seen and tell you about the experiences we've made there.

After a long drive to Munich (approximately six hours) we flew another two hours when we finally arrived at Edinburgh Airport. We got introduced to our bus driver David who would accompany our group the next three days during our roundtrip. We all “fell in love” with David because he was so nice and welcoming.
The weather was - as it was supposed to be – cloudy, foggy and rainy or how Scots would say "It's a bloody awful day" or "It's pissing it down!".
David took us to our first overnight stay - the so-called ‘Cultoquhey House’. The Cultoquhey House is built in 1800, now more than a hundred years old, and it lies in Central Perthshire looking out over the wide coloured strath to the Ochil Hills. It is a big house with beautiful old furnishings and nice rooms and it really does look like a castle. The house is run by Italians and the owner 'Graziano Parmezano' told us to be aware of the house-ghost named ‘Molly’, which was very funny.
The next day we departed from the Cultoquey House and drove past Loch Earn and Loch Dochart, which was a really nice drive-through to take pictures. Then we drove across the Rannoch Moor, which has a magical and breathtaking scenery. However, we stopped for 15 minutes in Glencoe. It is a “must” stop and also a very special place, for an enthusiastic photographer like me, to take photos. I appreciated it so much to have such a nice bus-driver (David), who also likes photography very much, who stopped at the most beautiful places just that we are able to take photos.

Next we drove to Fort William to have lunch at the visitor’s centre and then onwards to Glenfinnan. Glenfinnan is another special place where Bonnie Prince Charlie launched his claim to the Scottish throne. On our way to Glenfinnan our bus driver Dave told us the interesting story about Bonnie Prince Charlie. Next we stopped at the Loch Shield, the place, where Harry Potters was filmed. To be more precise the scenes with the famous Hogwarts Express. Then we drove of course on to the famous Loch Ness. We visited the Loch-Ness-Centre, where we learned interesting facts about ‘Nessi’ - the Monster.
 

 
We took pictures with the monster and drove to our final destination this day – the Inverness Youth Hostel.
PS: "Bonnie" is a scottish expression and it means pretty or beautiful, also the pictures are all taken by myself. ;)

... to be continued.
xoxo