When we were planning this trip to the UK, one of the places that Zach was interested in visiting was the island of Islay (pronounced “eye – la”) off the west coast of Scotland, where (arguably) the best whisky in Scotland is produced. Zach first got interested in whisky back when he was working at …
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Hiking Scotland’s Rob Roy Way
After being in cities for about 10 days (see our previous post on London, Amsterdam, and Paris), we were ready for some quiet countryside. We started out by taking the train from London to Glasgow via Edinburgh, including a very scenic section on England’s northeast coast; Jennifer actually started that day in Paris with a …