We took a "middle of the road" type thought process to the vacation. We hadn't gone anywhere for more than 2 days (and having 2 days off was a huge thing) in a LONG time, so while we had a lot we wanted to see, we wanted to RELAX. Too many people try to do EVERYTHING on vacation and it ends up being work trying to SEE stuff...

We spent the first day arriving and getting to our diggs in Aberfoyle (Forrest Hills Resort). Monday and Tuesday we went to Glasgow for the Trade show. Literally HUNDREDS of Scottish vendors with BEAUTIFUL products.

Wed, Thurs, Fri, we drove to 3 different areas... Calendar and a mini tour of the Trossachs on Wed. Appin (Castle Stalker... Kelly's family comes from there) and Oban and mini Highland tour on Thurs. Friday was Castle Stirling and a little pub on the way home.

Sat and Sun we drove to Edinburra and checked into a B & B. We hit the Castle and the royal mile as well as Princes Street, George St and Rose Ave (alley between Princes and George with LOTS of pubs).

Monday we flew home.

It was a fun and history filled vacation with a little work (trade show) involved, but we didn't try to CRAM everything in.

Next time we go, we'll hit the Highlands and possibly one of the isles.

PS... Driving on the wrong side of the car/road was a little weird. And the fact that OUTSIDE of a city, the roads are LITTLE (a bit more than 2 car widths wide) and the people FLY down them (talking MINIMUM 70 miles per hour as the norm)