Scotland - Day One
- Left London at 00:30 and passed Glasgow at 6:30
- First stop at Perth (the previous capital of Scotland) nice, small city with nothing to do there. By the book, the most interesting place – “The Scope”, was closed and out of scope.
- Second stop, Saint Cyrus - a nice beach with big cliffs. Ya was tired and stayed in car and sleept. Dimi went to a bakery and met nice girls. They persuaded him ... for a sandwich.
- Third stop, Dunnottar Castle next to the StoneHaven village (?). It is a ruined castle, which was filmed for the Hamlet movie where Mel Gibson participated. This is probably the most interesting fact about this place. In one of the rooms there was a faked skeleton and a note next to it saying: Prisoner 700, James Bond. The castle area is relaxing and nice to walk. We havenot entered the castle due to the high entrance fee. (5pounds)
- Fourth stop, The Aberdeen. This city is considered to be the third biggiest city of Scotland. But for our taste it was not that amazing. At the tourist info they suggested to visit local Art Museum, it made us wonder if this is really the most famous tourist attraction in the city. The architecture is grey and straight.
By books, most of the city citizens work at the oil extraction from the northern sea. Therefore most of the city inhabitants should be tuff sea sailors, but we met none. For lunch we had a pint and a burger for 3.50 ! At the old city we witnessed a traditional Scottish wedding, men wearing kilts and women wearing fab dresses. Do the man really wear nothing under the kilt ? It is freezing !
- Fifth stop was the whiskey distillery of Glenfiddich at Dufftown, probably one of the most famous whiskey distilleries in Scotland. Unfortunately we were late, and the place was closed.
- Sixth stop is at Inverness at a student hostel for 14pounds pppn.
Summary of the first day.
Very long day. It is possible to drive all the night, change every two hours and visit places but it is tiring.
To be honest, the first impression from Scotland is slight disappointment. It is big and amazing from the nature point of view, but not much to see from cultural point of view. Raining constantly and the only sun spots were when we drove.
Hope it will get better tomorrow. Good Night.
- First stop at Perth (the previous capital of Scotland) nice, small city with nothing to do there. By the book, the most interesting place – “The Scope”, was closed and out of scope.
- Second stop, Saint Cyrus - a nice beach with big cliffs. Ya was tired and stayed in car and sleept. Dimi went to a bakery and met nice girls. They persuaded him ... for a sandwich.
- Third stop, Dunnottar Castle next to the StoneHaven village (?). It is a ruined castle, which was filmed for the Hamlet movie where Mel Gibson participated. This is probably the most interesting fact about this place. In one of the rooms there was a faked skeleton and a note next to it saying: Prisoner 700, James Bond. The castle area is relaxing and nice to walk. We havenot entered the castle due to the high entrance fee. (5pounds)
- Fourth stop, The Aberdeen. This city is considered to be the third biggiest city of Scotland. But for our taste it was not that amazing. At the tourist info they suggested to visit local Art Museum, it made us wonder if this is really the most famous tourist attraction in the city. The architecture is grey and straight.
By books, most of the city citizens work at the oil extraction from the northern sea. Therefore most of the city inhabitants should be tuff sea sailors, but we met none. For lunch we had a pint and a burger for 3.50 ! At the old city we witnessed a traditional Scottish wedding, men wearing kilts and women wearing fab dresses. Do the man really wear nothing under the kilt ? It is freezing !
- Fifth stop was the whiskey distillery of Glenfiddich at Dufftown, probably one of the most famous whiskey distilleries in Scotland. Unfortunately we were late, and the place was closed.
- Sixth stop is at Inverness at a student hostel for 14pounds pppn.
Summary of the first day.
Very long day. It is possible to drive all the night, change every two hours and visit places but it is tiring.
To be honest, the first impression from Scotland is slight disappointment. It is big and amazing from the nature point of view, but not much to see from cultural point of view. Raining constantly and the only sun spots were when we drove.
Hope it will get better tomorrow. Good Night.
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