The next day we got on our three day tour through a company called Haggis. We had the best guide( Tony) who was just a hoot, we were all just cracking up within the first five minutes. Overall we drove 600 miles in too the highlands, it was absolutely stunning!
Now expecting the typical Scotland weather we were excited for the cold after being so hot everywhere else, however we were informed that out of the whole year there are really only about five nice days and we just happened to get three days straight in a row! It was a present surprise however they reported that everyone was getting sunburn and having to go to the hospital.
Our amazing, funny tour guide Tony.
With all the windy roads we decided I sit in the front, our guide, Tony was an absolute delight to have on the tour he even wore a kilt one day! Sitting in the front we got joked with us alot so everyone on the tour knew our names, it was really funny talking to people and them telling us they only knew our names and Nemo ( not like finding nemo, he's from Sweden and super funny) because he joked with usall the time. Now we would drive places and than stop and get out look, hike, eat, see castles, trains and it was absolute beautiful landscape but I don't know what it is but once we would get on the bus after about a half hour people in the bus would start to get tired and slowly people would be falling asleep, now Tony has this Highland cow stuffed animal that he calls the "Hairy cow" but with his accent I sounds like " Hairy cu" and when we would fall asleep and something important was coming up he would just throw it at us. It was hilarious! I even got hit once and he would reply, " look at this beautiful landscape your missing, you can sleep when you go back to London with that fake air" he was so funny I would recommend it to everyone! Our group had a great cohesiveness, and I truly enjoyed he people in the tour.
They even have hairy cu chocolate!
Now learning the history( very violent), we learned about the different clans and one just happens to have the surname of Mackenzie ( spelled right and everything) so whenever we would stop they would have lots of things with my name on it, so I loved that about Scotland. We learned that Mc or Mac at the front of the name means " son of" so Mackenzie means son of Kenneth, so wherever I went I always looked out for anything that dealt with them. 
Something that has been interesting going through Europe is how people assume that mom and I are usually friends or sisters. This time was no exception, and to be honest it's really funny to watch there expression, Tony was even trying to set her up with our driver Jason!
Now of course since our tour is named after it and to say you ate the local cuisine we had to try Haggis, not to bad, really I just think that thinking about what I was eating spoiled it for me. For those of you who don't know, I don know if you want to know ha ha, so fair warning for the next sentence. Haggis is..... " a Scottish dish made from chopped lamb's heart, lungs, and liver mixed with suet, oats, onions, and seasoning"
We got to go to the Isle of Sky while listening to Sky bridge by Adele and of course traditional Scottish Music. We went on multiple hikes and even got to see a guy on a mountain traditionally dressed and playing the bagpipes. We got to spend time playing in lakes and rivers. Hearing history , went and learned about traditional dress.
We went on Locke(Lake) Ness and just immensely enjoyed the beautiful scenery that Scotland had to offer.
The third day they dropped us out and we had til 11 pm til our train left.
The streets were alive due to a concert that was being held and we stumbled upon some of our friends from the tour and to them. We went to the grave yard where we found the gravestones that J.K. Rollings was inspired for many of her characters including Professor Mckgonagal, Mad Eye Moody, Tom Riddle and a few others. We read the story about the dog Bobby who after his owners death went and laid by his grave everyday and was eventually adopted by the whole town and after his death was buried outside of the cemetery. We than ate at the Elephant House where J.K. Rolling wrote Harry Potter. I even got to sit in this chair that was a giant wood elephant! Heads up though the services was terrible, we had to share a table with this couple that was showing excessive amounts of PDA and the food was okay.
At dark we went to the train station and later on that night we got to board the Caledonian Express which is a sleeper train, it was a really cool experiences and we both slept well.
We got to go to the Isle of Sky while listening to Sky bridge by Adele and of course traditional Scottish Music. We went on multiple hikes and even got to see a guy on a mountain traditionally dressed and playing the bagpipes. We got to spend time playing in lakes and rivers. Hearing history , went and learned about traditional dress.
The third day they dropped us out and we had til 11 pm til our train left.
The streets were alive due to a concert that was being held and we stumbled upon some of our friends from the tour and to them. We went to the grave yard where we found the gravestones that J.K. Rollings was inspired for many of her characters including Professor Mckgonagal, Mad Eye Moody, Tom Riddle and a few others. We read the story about the dog Bobby who after his owners death went and laid by his grave everyday and was eventually adopted by the whole town and after his death was buried outside of the cemetery. We than ate at the Elephant House where J.K. Rolling wrote Harry Potter. I even got to sit in this chair that was a giant wood elephant! Heads up though the services was terrible, we had to share a table with this couple that was showing excessive amounts of PDA and the food was okay.
At dark we went to the train station and later on that night we got to board the Caledonian Express which is a sleeper train, it was a really cool experiences and we both slept well.
~More Pictures to Come~
