For a country where the 1600s are still recent history, Scotland is a history-lover's paradise. With the exception of their mini-Parthenon, every building is just as beautiful as the next. From Waverly Bridge, you gaze at numerous gorgeous and massive stone buildings. There is so much to love in this old city, from haggis to hills to history (In case you're skeptical, haggis isn't made the same way today as it was centuries ago). In all of Scotland, there are over twice as many sheep as people. In the Highlands, sparcely populated with only 250,000 people, there are 10 million sheep. But what I want to know is who counted all those sheep. Do Scots suffer from insomnia?
Bagpipers entertain tourists on the Royal Mile, wearing kilts as they pipe away. Everyone else dresses normally, as you would expect for a Western country, except the museum employees wore a uniform of checkered blue and green cashmere pants, something that would never be taken seriously outside Scotland.
Edinburgh is delightful, but the weather is about as terrible as it gets. It rains far more than in London. Nonetheless, the city's charm attracted J.K. Rowling, and she moved there before she started writing her books. You can find many sources of her inspiration, from a gravestone with the name McGonigal to a boarding school with four towers, and you can visit the Elephant Cafe where she began writing about Harry Potter.
And Scotland is home to the Highlands and thousands of lochs. Enjoy the pictures!
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