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i [heart] scotland

Yesterday i was really missing Scotland.
(I'd be missing it today too, probably, but I've been too busy.)

I didn't really think I'd love Scotland. I didn't schedule many days there, and I was kinda just going because Hannah wanted to. Turns out I really love it.

It was so beautiful, both the country side

and the city (of Edniburgh).

The city was charming and the people were so friendly and charming, there was so much history shoved into such a tiny space, the accents were my favorite - I really loved so much about it.

What I can't have for lunch.

This:

is what I want for lunch.

It was a chilly day on Inis Mor, a tiny Island off the west coast of Ireland. Hannah, Gene and I had been touring around on a pony cart with the marvelous guide, Patrick and his beautiful horse Grace. I've forgotten how to spell her name in Gaelic. We stopped for lunch in one of the few cafes and I ordered the Beef and Guiness stew. I was a little unsure but it turned out to be so so delicious! Mmm, I can taste it now. Kind of. I mean not like I was really eating it, but you know. Sadly I didn't get to eat it all because I ordered the wrong thing for Hannah so I had to share it with her. Still it was fantastic and I am longing to eat it for lunch today!

View from the cafe door:

We visited these shops a little later when it was bucketing down rain.