{"id":110,"date":"2019-08-14T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/14\/scotland-we-loved-you\/"},"modified":"2020-10-26T21:14:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T21:14:03","slug":"scotland-we-loved-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/14\/scotland-we-loved-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland, We Loved You"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here are a few totally uniformed opinions about Scotland based on my one week visit.<\/p>\n

It is very pretty. Apparently, the Highlands are even prettier than the area we visited. I will be happy to return and test that theory.<\/p>\n

The people are unbelievably friendly. Everyone talked to us. Everyone was helpful. It was lovely.<\/p>\n

Scones with cream and jam are the food of the gods.<\/p>\n

You can spend a lot of time at the Edinburgh Zoo before the panda decides to emerge. For a whole 2.5 minutes. But that was enough to make Celia’s day.<\/p>\n

Glasgow is a bit rough around the edges and not quite what I expected but we loved it and would happily live there.<\/p>\n

Edinburgh was objectively prettier but it was so crowded because of the festival going on. We will have to go back. Of course.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of castles. Celia would happily visit all of them.<\/p>\n

I bought some books.<\/p>\n

There was a Waterstones around the corner from our hotel. A couple of mornings Celia slept in a bit and I went to the cafe for tea and cake and some book browsing. It was the perfect way to start a day.<\/p>\n

We walked over 60 miles in a week. It balanced out all the cake and scones. I wish we lived in a place where we didn’t have to drive everywhere.<\/p>\n

Trains are very affordable. We went to Edinburgh twice, Stirling, and Loch Lomond. The most we paid was about 13 pounds. For both of us. Round trip. That is amazing. Celia is under 16 so her ticket was 1 pound every time.<\/p>\n

Bagpipes are best enjoyed from a distance.<\/p>\n

Walled gardens make me happy.<\/p>\n

Our flight home was canceled and we got an extra 24 hours in Scotland. Once we knew we had a bed for the night we had absolutely no complaints about that.<\/p>\n

British Airways then decided to check our bags for free. If only I had known before I had arrived at the airport I could have bought more books.<\/p>\n

Celia has decided she is going to grow up and move to Scotland. I don’t have the heart to explain the impossibilities of moving to the U.K. so I am just joining her in unrealistic dreams.<\/p>\n

Yes, Scotland, we loved you.<\/p>\n

One more thing; Simon, at Stuck in a Book, has brought back his My Life in Books <\/i>series. I am one of the two bloggers featured today. If you want to read the post it is here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are a few totally uniformed opinions about Scotland based on my one week visit. It is very pretty. Apparently, the Highlands are even prettier than the area we visited. I will be happy to return and test that theory. The people are unbelievably friendly. Everyone talked to us. Everyone was helpful. It was lovely. Scones with cream and jam are the food of the gods. You can spend a lot of time at the Edinburgh Zoo before the panda decides to emerge. For a whole 2.5 minutes. But that was enough to make Celia’s day. Glasgow is a bit rough around the edges and not quite what I expected but we loved it and would happily live there. Edinburgh was objectively prettier but it was so crowded because of the festival going on. We will have to go back. Of course. There are a lot of castles. Celia would happily visit all of them. I bought some books. There was a Waterstones around the corner from our hotel. A couple of mornings Celia slept in a bit and I went to the cafe for tea and cake and some book browsing. It was the perfect way to start a day. We walked over 60 miles in a week. It balanced out all the cake and scones. I wish we lived in a place where we didn’t have to drive everywhere. Trains are very affordable. We went to Edinburgh twice, Stirling, and Loch Lomond. The most we paid was about 13 pounds. For both of us. Round trip. That is amazing. Celia is under 16 so her ticket was 1 pound every time. Bagpipes are best enjoyed from a distance. Walled gardens make me happy. Our flight home was canceled and we got an extra 24 hours in Scotland. Once we knew we had a bed for the night we had absolutely no complaints about that. British Airways then decided to check our bags for free. If only I had known before I had arrived at the airport I could have bought more books. Celia has decided she is going to grow up and move to Scotland. I don’t have the heart to explain the impossibilities of moving to the U.K. so I am just joining her in unrealistic dreams. Yes, Scotland, we loved you. One more thing; Simon, at Stuck in a Book, has brought back his My Life in Books series. I am one of the two bloggers featured today. If you want to read the post it is here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vacation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions\/2571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}