Alcohol of the Day: Glengoyne Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
We took a tour up to the Highlands. We started out with six people, but three of them switched buses at Stirling Castle because they were going on a two-day tour. So basically it was the two of us and an Australian girl named Amy for the whole tour, with our tour guide Jaime.
Stirling Castle was pretty cool but we dawdled a bit at the beginning so we didn't really have a chance to see everything. The view was spectacular, which included a clear sight of the Wallace Monument. After Stirling, we made an unscheduled stop at Doune Castle, where scenes from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" were filmed. Actually, due to budget constraints, they used the castle to represent four different castles in the movie. They just shot it from different angles. It's not just the coconuts.
We drove through the Trossachs and stopped at Aberfoyle for lunch before heading to Loch Lomond. I've had the song in my head for weeks and weeks in anticipation of seeing it. While it wasn't something wholly spectacular, it is the largest lake (in surface area) in Scotland, so it was something. And the history of the song turned out to be kind of sad.
Our last stop was to take a tour at the Glengoyne Distillery. We sampled 10- and 17-year-old scotch. I'm not usually a scotch drinker, but I have to say that it was really smooth. I could get used to this.
"You take the high road and I'll take the low road"
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