Whisky tasting treat - #obandistillery distillery only bottling. I'm going to take it home, put it on a shelf, look at it and remember what it tastes like, and never open it. #justkidding #imgoingtodrinkit #scotchwhisky #mccollusscottish
So #obandistillery does a tour once per day that includes a tasting of all of their expressions in the manager's office. Had to do that! It was awesome! #mccollusscottish #scotchwhisky #oban
A #silhouette of trees in front of a valley that you can't see, but it was really nice. Also the sky is pretty because it's about to rain on our heads. #mull #isleofmull #mccollusscottish
So #staffa is one of the stranger places @jeanmccoll and I have ever been. It's made of hexagonal basalt rock pillars (and they're slick #harderthanitlooks). #mccollusscottish #fingalscave (around the corner)
The less glamorous part of long trips - doing laundry. Talked to a neat guy that was biking all of Scotland while we were there though. #mccollusscottish
You can just barely see the #blackcuillins behind us. This is near the fairy pools. Rain was too heavy to take the trail (had to cross an overflowing creek), so we headed to the beach down the road. #mccollusscottish
Somewhere out there in the wind and rain is the westernmost point on #skye. The wind was strong enough at this point that driving was iffy and trying to get out and walk up to the point instilled fear of death, so we just took bad pictures from the car. This was after we already hiked two or so miles in it to a beach. #mccollusscottish #ithinkimstillwet
Hiking ("walking" here because I guess everyday life here is just real like that) #quiraing is constantly like being in an epic movie. #mccollusscottish
Left: where the McColls started the day. Right: where many of them ended it. Saw the sight of the #battleofculloden today. The jacobite uprising was really a fascinating time in the history of Scotland and the UK overall. #mccollusscottish
#latergram because I never posted it, but the @kilchoman05 whisky tasting at @thesmws on Monday was a real treat. Really unique whisky that they're producing and the food and company were the best. #mccollusscottish also she may not be the biggest fan or be able to drink the most, but @jeanmccoll drank that whisky like a champ
Really glad we got to walk some of the #fifecoastalpath today. Fun fact: there is a @jeanmccoll hidden directly in the center of this image. #mccollusscottish
#nationalmuseumofscotland is like an art museum, science center, history museum, and natural history museum all combined. #mccollusscottish #edinburgh #anditsfree
So it turns out there were a handful of streets (closes) that were effectively buried in the 17th century when the royal exchange was built on top of the first, second, and third stories of the buildings along the side (the streets go downhill but the building is level with high street). #therealmarysclose is a tour that takes you down to the now-underground streets and tells you a bit about the history and what life was like for the people living there at the time.
This man was called Robert Campbell. I hope I am not his namesake. He was responsible for a rather unpleasant massacre and also not much of a looker. #mccollusscottish #scottishnationalportraitgallery
Pictures don't do it justice, but I could eat pastries at #themannahouse until I couldn't get up from my chair. #mccollusscottish #latergram #breakfast
#theelephanthouse apparently some lady wrote a book about a boy wizard here. Also the food, coffee, and atmosphere are top notch. #mccollusscottish #edinburgh
#belhavenblack it's what everyone else was drinking, so why not? Went to a pub for dinner called the Safari Lounge. The food and atmosphere were great. Started with fired peppers with a yogurt dip. Also had a an extra bitter cask ale. Street tacos with just the right spices, hot dogs piled high with toppings. #mccollusscottish #latergram
Landfall (technically the second time) over the Netherlands for a stop in Amsterdam's airport. Weird to fly over the UK only to turn around and fly back to it. #mccollusscottish #jeanpaidforcoffeeinpoundsandgoteurochange