Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh Castle
A statue of Bobby, the loyal pup.
This is the Balmoral Hotel clock tower on Princes Street beneath Castle Rock (where Edinburgh castle is perched). It’s right by the train station so the clock is set 3 minutes ahead to help ensure that passengers don’t miss their train!
This is the National Monument of Scotland memorializing the Scots who died fighting in the Napoleonic Wars. It’s on Calton Hill across from downtown Edinburgh.
The City Chambers
A view from Edinburgh Castle
I think this is a really fancy rain spout? It’s also on the Scott Monument.
Another view of the Adam Smith statue and a better view of St. Giles Cathedral.
As monuments go, this one is pretty cool so we took lots of photos of it 🙂
It was so fun to see the seagulls all around Edinburgh. When I was in the city, it was easy to forget how close the ocean actually is!
This one is also on Calton Hill and it commemorates Admiral Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar. I’m not sure who they were fighting…probably the British.
Deanston Distillery and the Scottish Kelpies
Check out his license plate!
Yeast ferments the mash converting the sugar to alcohol. This makes a liquid known as wash.
Aging the casks is where the magic happens. The vault includes casks from other distilleries, a common practice to protect against losing everything in a catastrophic event such as fire.
Oak casks mainly sourced from the US and Spain (previously used to age whiskey & sherry) are used for aging scotch whiskey
Oak casks are filled with a mixture of the high wines and water.
Whatchu lookin’ at.
Flying baby!
Barley grist is added to warm water to make a liquid called mash
Yummmmm
The Kelpies
The wash is distilled repeatedly in order to separate the alcohol from the water. This creates a liquid known as “high wines.”
Geyfriars Bobby and Kirkyard Cemeteries
A statue of Bobby, the loyal pup.
That’s Abraham Lincoln…I don’t know why.
Stirling Castle, Scotland
Stirling Castle
So many lovely details
Beautiful tapestries
The unicorn is Scotland’s official animal – I think that’s awesome.
painted ceilings
Northern Scotland and the isle of Skye
The Bridge to the Isle of Skye
Highland Cattle
A seriously cute little village by Loch Lomond – there were several streets lined with these adorable cottages.
Squirrel…
Eilean Donan Castle
Giggling teenagers?
