Scotland, Part 1

Another term has ended, which means.....it's time to TRAVEL!

To kick off this round of country-hopping, we went to visit Rob's Uncle Bill and Aunt Marion in Scotland.

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Bill and Marion live in a charming town near Edinburgh, in a Beach House with amazing views of the Firth of Forth.
The first day we were there, Bill took us for a walk up the Law (a very old ex-volcano just outside of town). Once we reached the top (despite the crazy gusts of wind) we had a great view of the beautiful Scottish coast. We also had an up-close view of the jawbone of a whale that has been a marker on top of the Law since 1709. Of course, the jawbone has been replaced a few times, and in 2005 when the last bone wore out, they replaced it with a fiberglass replica... definitely not as cool.
On day two (to satisfy my dormant golf fanaticism) we went to see the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. The R&A is the governing body of golf outside of the US, and pretty much wrote (and still writes) the rulebook for the game. It's basically the Mecca of golf. And I was happy to be there!
Even though we didn't get to play the course (you have to book tee-times about a year in advance), we did manage to eat lunch at the clubhouse. There I tried my first authentic scone...and it was goooood. When we get home I'm going to work on replicating it, and if I'm successful, I'll definitely share the recipe!
A few days later we were still feeling inspired by our trip to St. Andrews, so Bill took us out for a round of golf at their club. Their course is right on the ocean, so we had beautiful views while we battled the wind, hiked up and down hills, and had a blast getting back in the swing of the game (har, har).
Bill and Marion, we're thinking about moving in....