A long planned trip where my friends and I drove up to Scotland! 3 cars, 15 people, 8 hours (due to many toilet breaks). Took off around 7pm after class on a Thursday, packed with snacks and my baby pillow =P
First destination was to Edinburgh where we freshen up (just washing our face) and slept in our car for the night! We had a pit stop at Tesco Extra which was 24hours, did some food shopping, toilet break, washing up and of course, sleep! Yes! We slept there in our car for about 3 hours when we were abruptly woken up by police officers on patrol claiming that it's against the law to sleep not under a roof. Basically, we have 3 guys with their sleeping bags, sleeping on the tar road next to our cars cause their long legs don't allow comfortable sleeping in the car. But once we explained our situation, they understood and asked us to enjoy our trip. Now, that explains my post the other day doesn't it? *wink* We took a drive to town where we had our breakfast and normal tourist adrenaline where we took photos of everything and be fascinated with the kilt business everywhere we go! and no it's not cheap @_@
Edinburgh: Yes! I was there are Elephant House! Didn't get to dine in cause they couldn't serve 15 people at once and I was at Portobello Beach =D
After exploring Edinburgh for half a day, we continued our journey to Inverness, a small town where the city center is just a 5min walk away from our student hostel! We visit the famous Dewar's Whiskey factory where you can smell whiskey right when you open the car door. No joke! It was a great learning experience on how Dewar family developed their whiskey business and how whiskey was produced. We even got a free whiskey tasting session at the end of the tour! How aWESome! but of course, I didn't take much. Just a sip and my face was burning! but it's certainly nice =D had our tea break at the garden at Dewar's before we headed down.
Inverness: At some castle near our hostel =P and of course the famous Dewar's Whiskey Factory! That big bottle cost only 90pounds! Okay, let's be real, if we don't convert, it's pretty cheap don't you think?
Next, we were headed to Isle of Skye! It's nothing much but the view was simply breath-taking! Beautiful mountains, seas and animals of the nature along the way. Of course we paid Nessie a visit on our drive down =D This time, our hostel was located near the seaside! We were greeted by the sound of waves and wind upon arrival. Another pit stop to Tesco extra for our BBQ supplies that night. I love how BIG it is! You find so many things you couldn't in the tesco here! =( BOO! My friends cooked ABC soup and Apple Honey water for us to warm our body up before the BBQ! Had my first BBQ marshmallow! yummy to the max! I didn't enjoy the BBQ much as I was falling sick then, heaty body from lack of water and late night sleeps.
Lochness: Paid a visit to Nessie at Lochness Lake... how can you not? =)
Isle of Skye: At Saucy Mary's Lodge... See the bridge? We crossed that to the island
Isle of Skye: At the top of the hill, where I saw Aries, the ram =D and of course beautiful greens
Last destination before we head back to our lovely Sheffield was Glassgow! A town with big buildings but not enough to be called a city. We caught a glimpse of double rainbow on our drive to Glassgow! I was so excited as I had not felt so close to a rainbow before and seeing it so clear and near to me! and it's a double rainbow! I could really feel leprechaun jingling their pot of gold at me *winks* It was rather late when we arrived Glassgow so we headed to yet another Tesco extra for dinner supplies. Had prepacked spaghetti! It was delicious! And I got bottle Starbucks coffee for only 1 pound each! Taste just as good as ones you get off the counter of Starbucks cafe. No lie. We went for sight seeing as usual the next morning where we visited town. It was a great learning experience at the Kevingrove Art Gallery. A lot of history and information at that gallery.
On the way to Glasgow: Did you spot the double rainbow? Beautiful isn't it? =)
Glasgow: A very warm and cozy hostel, it's a house made into a hotel... really home like; And meet Mr. Scottish Bear =)
And the best of this whole trip was MALAYSIAN FOOD!! We paid a visit to Rumours Kopitiam, it was splendid! The food was worth every cent we paid. I dare to say that it's even better than what I taste back in Penang! No joke! I ordered Indian style fried noodles, while others ordered Curry Mee, Char Hor Fun, Nasi Rendang Ayam, Claypot Tauhu with rice, Char Koay Teow, Salted fish fried rice, and Tai Lok Mien. Delicious beyond words! We really felt closer to home that day. I had iced YinYang and it tasted really good. Basically, I just enjoyed my food... We went for shopping session and off we go home!
We were greeted by the beautiful night view of Sheffield and shone by Mr.Moon who was shining brightly in the dark night, accompanied by shining stars. Beautiful.
Sheffield: See the beautiful night sky... Do you hear Jacob turning? Teehee...
An inside joke we had, was the car I was in was the ONLY car without a GPS but we are the car with iPhones and smartphones that had safely direct the way to 3 of the cities we've been to! How funny when the other 2 cars who had GPS couldn't find the way. All hail technology!
Jjang!! A little treat for you guys! Scottish men in Kilt! The guy on the right really aged with grace...
Till then,
Serene
