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Haven't got around to slurping the trip-journal off Rob's laptop yet, so here are some snippets and tidbits from memory.
It is not standard practice for hotels or B&Bs to provide soap and shampoo. Heh. Oops.
There are friendly cats everywhere: Barmstedt, the Scottish Highlands, a run-down Glasgow suburb, everywhere.
Driving on the left side of the road isn't so bad. Driving a car obviously engineered for the driver to sit in the left seat, and poorly reworked to have the driver on the right side, is bad.
I had pizza exactly once on this trip, and it had haggis on it. For the record, haggis is delicious.
The UK has blackcurrant Starburst candies. In general I like our flavors better - ours are more tart - but I'd gladly get rid of our horrid cherry to get their yummy blackcurrant.
The best shortbread in the entire universe is hand-made by the people at the Artists' Gallery, Easdale, island of Seil, by Oban. Best in the uuuuuuniverse. Walker's is a pale imitation.
I am apparently descended from the MacDonald clan. I did not find my tartan. MacDonald has splintered into too many septs each with their OWN PLAID. Grr.
Rob and I calculated that there are two point five trillion midges in the Highlands.
It is not standard practice for hotels or B&Bs to provide soap and shampoo. Heh. Oops.
There are friendly cats everywhere: Barmstedt, the Scottish Highlands, a run-down Glasgow suburb, everywhere.
Driving on the left side of the road isn't so bad. Driving a car obviously engineered for the driver to sit in the left seat, and poorly reworked to have the driver on the right side, is bad.
I had pizza exactly once on this trip, and it had haggis on it. For the record, haggis is delicious.
The UK has blackcurrant Starburst candies. In general I like our flavors better - ours are more tart - but I'd gladly get rid of our horrid cherry to get their yummy blackcurrant.
The best shortbread in the entire universe is hand-made by the people at the Artists' Gallery, Easdale, island of Seil, by Oban. Best in the uuuuuuniverse. Walker's is a pale imitation.
I am apparently descended from the MacDonald clan. I did not find my tartan. MacDonald has splintered into too many septs each with their OWN PLAID. Grr.
Rob and I calculated that there are two point five trillion midges in the Highlands.
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I'm sure I'm distantly related to some people in castles somewhere in Scotland, but it's probably pretty distant.