We spent about a week in Scotland and another in England. It was Christmas/ NewYear's of Dec2007/Jan'08 and my parents were visiting me. Once they landed at LHR, we spent the first day in the suburbs of London just relaxing and giving them a chance to unwind from the 10 hour long flight.
Next, we took a train to Edinburgh reaching there in the morning. We spent the first day enjoying the tour of the castle and the other attractions on the Royal Mile covering everything on foot right down till Hollyrood Castle. We stayed in Edinburgh that night and rented a car the following morning. We drove around to Linlithgow Castle, Doune and Stirling; explored the Trossachs and the Three Lochs Forest, spent some time at Loch Lomond, met Hamish at Callander and stayed the night at Stirling. The following day, we drove via Glencoe to Ben Nevis, Castle Stalker and then followed the A82 by the side of Loch Ness, spending some time at Fort Agustus and then to Inverness where we just crashed for the night. The next morning we shopped at Inverness (it was Boxing day!) and visited Urquhart Castle before starting our drive through the beautiful Cairngorms, to reach at Dunfermline for the night stay. We returned the car the next day and embarked on our journey to London.
Once back in London, we rented a car again to do a series of day trips around London to Cambridge, Windsor, Hampton Court etc. We used the tube and walked around to get to the usual attaractions: Lords stadium, Wimbledon, Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Street, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Canary Wharf, Greenwich, Buckingham Palace, Westminister Abbey, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, St. James Park, St. Paul's, etc.
What made this trip the best one was not the beautiful locales were in or the weather, food or culture but the amazing company I had - that of my parents - my most amazing travel buddies from whom I have inherited the travelling bug!
Next, we took a train to Edinburgh reaching there in the morning. We spent the first day enjoying the tour of the castle and the other attractions on the Royal Mile covering everything on foot right down till Hollyrood Castle. We stayed in Edinburgh that night and rented a car the following morning. We drove around to Linlithgow Castle, Doune and Stirling; explored the Trossachs and the Three Lochs Forest, spent some time at Loch Lomond, met Hamish at Callander and stayed the night at Stirling. The following day, we drove via Glencoe to Ben Nevis, Castle Stalker and then followed the A82 by the side of Loch Ness, spending some time at Fort Agustus and then to Inverness where we just crashed for the night. The next morning we shopped at Inverness (it was Boxing day!) and visited Urquhart Castle before starting our drive through the beautiful Cairngorms, to reach at Dunfermline for the night stay. We returned the car the next day and embarked on our journey to London.
Once back in London, we rented a car again to do a series of day trips around London to Cambridge, Windsor, Hampton Court etc. We used the tube and walked around to get to the usual attaractions: Lords stadium, Wimbledon, Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Street, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Canary Wharf, Greenwich, Buckingham Palace, Westminister Abbey, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, St. James Park, St. Paul's, etc.
What made this trip the best one was not the beautiful locales were in or the weather, food or culture but the amazing company I had - that of my parents - my most amazing travel buddies from whom I have inherited the travelling bug!
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