Chad started the morning by taking a taxi to get our rental car! Once he picked us up we headed North on our way to central Scotland.
Our first stop was Blackness Castle just 20 minutes outside of Edinburg and it was definitely a sight for the eyes. You drove up to it on this one lane road and it’s sits all alone surrounded by water. I did a lot of research on Castle Visits and they all recommended always being the first there or get the first tickets of the day. I am so glad we did because when we got to Blackness Castle it was completely dead and the first 30 minutes felt like we had the place to ourselves. That day they had a Volunteer dressed up in Character as a Scottish Rein-actor from Outlander. Apparently later that day a bunch of “Outlander Tour Buses” were coming through. The gentleman was so kind and patient with the boys. The boys were so excited to hold a sword! This castle definitely had some spots that made me hold my breath while the boys were walking along some very questionable waking paths along a very narrow path with a pretty steep drop off 😬. My mama heart was a bit pumping on parts of this Castle Tour.
The boys had a snack break and then we headed North on our way to central Scotland.
I need to give a huge Shoutout to Chad driving (in a manual) throughout downtown Edinburgh. Our next stop on our trip was lunch about a few hours away and it was a cute restaurant and gift shop. By this time the boys we’re getting a bit full of Fish and Chips. Thankfully most places had Mac and cheese and chicken nuggets (called gojans in Scotland).
After lunch we headed to the Highlands Museum and we only had about an hour to explore before it closed. We have noticed lite of attractions closes about 3-4 even on weekends.
The Highlands Museum was a blast. We made the most of our time and explored as much as we could walking in and out of traditional highland homes. We loved that we could finally see some Highland Cows.
After our visit we made our way to our Hostel located in the highest town in the highlands Tomintoul.
Its Libby Time 