04 September 2005

scotland coastal trip

In case you don't pay much attention to the links on the right...here's a few pictures from my trip along the eastern coast of Scotland today.

We drove from Aberdeen down the coast to Stonehaven, which is a small town just before the Dunnotter (DunOTTER) Castle ruins - see more info here. Then we drove on to St. Andrew's and walked around the golf course, attended a wedding (on the 18th hole) and had tea in the club house. It was absolutely SURREAL!!

The 'old course' is closed on Sundays and you can just wander around on the course (and you can get married there too), but the other two were open for golfing (who knew there were THREE courses there?).

It will be out of order...but as soon as I have the pictures to prove my claims, I'll write about my day at the highland games in Braemar, Scotland.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ugh! Why are all your pictures so foggy??? Sheesh!!

;) Just kidding. Looks awesome!! I'm uber-jealous.

~TLC

heather said...

These pictures make me even more excited about my Scotland trip over the new year....hope you are having a good time Dovie!

Anonymous said...

St Andrews is so fun! I saw Tiger win the Open Championship there in 2000. You sure are off to a great start in your first week!

Anonymous said...

One question, was the Piper single????

yi said...

hey dovie! yay for trips and pictures! glad to see you are having a good time across the pond. i promise i'm not doing paid advertisement for them, but you should get yourself on flickr to share photos easily. then i can add you and you can add me and we can be friends on flickr.

i have to say, what is UP with stella artois? why are people obsessed with it? it's just been available here in austin for several months. isn't it the white trash of beers for the brits?

Anonymous said...

I just wonder who was happier to be in the picture- you or the Piper?

Anonymous said...

Stella Artois is a popular premium lager in the UK, but it's popular elsewhere. A common misconception is that since most American lagers from the big brewers are awful, all lagers everywhere are.

Stella is a very drinkable brew. And it does remind me of many fine evenings out with me mates at the pub in the UK.