We first headed up to Dufftown where Kalle and my dad bought one or two bottles of whisky in their whisky shop. We then headed 3 minutes down the road to the Glennfiddich distillery for a quick look-see and a fantastic lunch! My dad and I had a butternut squash and chili soup and a pulled pork sandwich. We then headed to Macallan for a tour of their distillery and a taster of five of their whiskies. We spent that night in a ginormous hotel in a little village that I can't remember the name of.
The next morning we headed to the Tomatin distillery for a quick taster of their whisky and a little video presentation. I actually really liked their whisky, it was very floral-y and pear-y. Might I add that this little taster session was at 11 o'clock in the morning, haha!
We then headed up to Inverness, which was a short drive away from where we were. We walked around town for a bit, trying to find a nice place to eat. We ended up in a restaurant where we all ordered a Aberdeen angus beef burger. Inverness was quite chilly and windy, so we headed to the car to start our drive down the west coast of Lochness.
The drive down Lochness was incredible, it reminded me of driving around lake Lugano in Switzerland or even Lago Maggiore in Italy, although the mountains weren't as big. We stopped at several places to take photos and to pop into the many gift shops. We also stopped to take photos of the famous Urquhart Castle.
About half way down the lake we arrived at our Bed & Breakfast that we were going to stay in for the night. It was situated in the little village of Invermoriston, and it had a fantastic view of a mountain (last picture).
Lochness
Lochness
Urquhart Castle
View from our B&B
The next morning we headed down to the famous Glenfinnan Viaduct from the Harry Potter movies, stopping on the way to take some photos of Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in Scotland. Once arriving at the viaduct, we walked the short distance from the car park to the actual bridge, and in a few minutes it was right there in front of us. It was massive and incredible to see it in person! I climbed up a little hill to get a better picture of it.
We then headed to Fort William and found a restaurant to have lunch. I have spaghetti with mussels, and my, oh my, they were heavenly. I then had a pavlova with whipped cream and raspberries which was delicious!
After our lunch we headed over to the little town of Oban. It reminded me of a fjord in Norway, the sun was shining and the town was right on the water. We went into the Oban distillery which, to our surprise, was situated right in the middle of town!
We the proceeded our journey over to Perth. This journey took longer than I expected and when we finally arrived at our accommodation for the night, I was relieved!
The next morning, after our hearty Scottish breakfast, we headed over to the beautiful town of St. Andrews. We walked around campus and strolled around town ending up in Costa where we had a coffee. We then drove up to Dundee and had a quick lunch before I hopped on a train back to Aberdeen.
All in all, our road trip was a massive success! The distances between places in Scotland aren't very big, compared to driving distances in Sweden, where you can drive for hours in the middle of nowhere and not see one single house…
One of my favourite moments from the trip was driving up to Inverness, where we passed through a gorge. My favourite town was probably Oban. It was such a quaint little town and the drive in and out of Oban reminded me so much of the fjords in Norway.
