Prepare to be jealous

It's finally done!  Scotland is planned and locked in.  Now my only concern is that I have over planned.  We recently had the discussion of the difference between being a tourist and vacationing.  We are vacationing, but still want to see lots.  If you spend too much time rushing around and looking at things you are being a tourist, not vacationing.  What do you think?

Sept 28      Leaving LAX 11:00 a.m.
Sept 29      Arrive London, Heathrow at 08:35 a.m.  (it's 11 hours but we stop shortly in Toronto), spend the day looking around London, then a sleeper train from London at 11:50 p.m.
Sept 30      Train arrives in Glasgow, Scotland at 7:19 in the morning.  Puruse Glasgow for a few hours then catch a short train to Weymss (weems) Bay and finally a ferry to the Isle of Bute,
Oct 1         Isle of Bute, our ancestral home.


Main Street of Rothesay, Capital of Bute



Canada Cottage - Ancestral family home

 Oct 2         Isle of Bute

Island countryside

Oct 3         Isle of Bute

Oct 4         Return Ferry, train to Glasgow then catch train to Inverness in the North Highlands of Scotland

Oct 5         Inverness

Inverness Castle

Oct 6         Inverness

Oct 7         Leaving Inverness by train to Edinburgh.

Oct 8         Edinburgh

Oct 9         Edinburgh

Oct 10       Edinburgh

Oct 11  Leave Edinburgh by train to Newcastle on the northeast coast of England to catch a ferry which will take us to Amsterdam.  20 hour, overnight ferry - like Las Vegas on the water we hear!

Castles, cathedrals, pubbing, gorgeous accents, kilts.  How bad can it be??  Well, there is Haggis, but we've pledged to try it in the spirit of adventure.  Let you know how THAT turns out.

Becky