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Last week I took Ben and Simon to Edinburgh for the day because for Christmas, we gave the boys tickets to see The Lion King. This is the second time we’ve gone to Edinburgh just for the day, and I have grown to really enjoy doing it this way. We hop on the train early …
Happy Monday, friends! I am high as a kite today about the response to the new project, #48walks. Lots of wonderful walks were shared over the weekend in the Facebook group and on Instagram! You can still jump in and walk with us this year in any way you like! Joining and sharing and tagging …
We started our New Year in Stonehaven, Scotland, which is a village by the sea about 30 miles south of Aberdeen. For Hogmanay, which is the New Year festival in Scotland, locals in Stonehaven light huge fireballs at midnight and swing them around while walking up and down the street. There were probably 50 people …
[pe2-image src=”http://lh6.ggpht.com/-p3IlPLZ9v9E/Up4RG0J0EOI/AAAAAAAAFsk/XclpIOIOzd8/s144-c-o/DSCF0044.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/100212479652479288017/LochNessHunterTour#5953214566207066338″ caption=”Loch Ness, Scotland” type=”image” alt=”DSCF0044.JPG” ] Loch Ness Hunter Tour Early on a Saturday morning, Mary Polly and I made our way up the still dark street in Edinburgh from our room at Smart City Hostels to Haggis Adventures, a ridiculously convenient distance of 417 feet. We boarded a bus and headed …
Snapshots of Edinburgh, Scotland For Instagram Travel Thursday this week, I am sharing images of Edinburgh. Mary Polly and I went to Scotland’s capital city a couple of weekends ago to go on a Haggis Tour to Loch Ness for a day. We stayed right off the Royal Mile with Smart City Hostels and spent …
Whenever I come across an old chapel on one of our walks in the country, I want to stop for a while. Sometimes I lag behind my family while I circle a church, and if I really want to get behind, I walk all the way inside. The Chapel of St. Lesmo is usually closed …
On one of our recent school holidays, we drove a bit of the Scottish Coastal Trail, a historical Heading north from Aberdeen, we thought we could make a few unplanned stops, end up somewhere fun for lunch and then slowly make our way back home in time for a late dinner. We stopped first when …
See that little monkey in the tree? That would be Ben. He is way above me on a ropes course that is about thirty minutes from Aberdeen at Crathes Castle called Go Ape. Have you heard of Go Ape? They have tree top adventures all over the UK that look super fun to me! We …
We’ve made a couple of trips now to hike in an area called Bennachie that is only about a 30 minute drive from Aberdeen. The countryside around our city is referred to as Aberdeenshire, so we are quite fond of saying, Let’s head out to the shire today! or Come on y’all, we’re going to …
Let me tell you about a little treasure hunt we went on to find a hidden letter in Edinburgh. Almost as soon as we arrived in Edinburgh a few weeks ago, Cole and Mary Polly were insistent that we find a place called the Jolly Judge. While Taido seemed to understand their need to find …
Last weekend, we took our first of what I feel will be many weekend trips to Edinburgh. For the last several months, whenever I mentioned to someone that we were moving to Scotland, inevitably, I would hear something else wonderful about Edinburgh. So off we went with a guidebook and suggestions. We took the train …
Castle Fraser, Scotland The September weather seems to be holding out for our weekend castle visits! Castle Fraser is a mere 16 miles from Aberdeen, which is an easy afternoon outing for us. The grounds and surrounding gardens are amazing! Our boys spent as much time playing in them as they did touring the castle.
North Sea Walk Sometimes, on Sunday afternoon, when everyone is feeling lazy or there is homework to be done, or you have already made a long walk to and from church, no one much wants to go for a walk by the sea. In such cases as these, it is best to go along anyway. …
30 Hour Midweek Highland Getaway I can already tell that one of the most wonderful things about living in Scotland is going to be that it takes almost no time at all to get out into the country. Just a few miles outside of the city, the Scottish Highlands are already beckoning to us! While …
Visiting Crathes Castle You could make an entire trip just out of visiting castles in Scotland. There are soooo many! I have already collected more brochures and flyers for castles than we can possibly see this year! We stopped at Crathes Castle on our way home from a quick getaway last week. The castle is …
Our third week in Aberdeen has been made brighter by the fact that my mama is here! I’m so grateful that we planned for her to come so soon, so that she could help us all settle in. She encourages the kids daily and her smile makes us all feel like we are doing great …
We celebrated getting through our first week of school here in Scotland with a trip to the village of Stonehaven to see the famous and very impressive Dunnottar Castle!
Our second week in Aberdeen has been full of cobblestones, pretty buildings, new discoveries and big adjustments. We’ve logged some miles seeing our new city, the center of which is a constant bustle of activity.
While househunting, we have been enjoying the kind hospitality of three different new sets of friends, for which we are super thankful! We got the kids all squared away to start school next week and spent today shopping for their uniforms. Lots going on! For weeks I’ve been reading info on moving abroad, traveling in …
Our first two days in Aberdeen, Scotland have been marked mostly by our search for a home. However, we have been taking it all in as we have wandered about and so here are our first glimpses of our new home town. Aberdeen, Scotland At First Glance At the moment, we are staying with a …