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Just wanted to pop in and say I was home! A send out a big thank you to everyone who helped me get the details just right for this trip.
This was a wonderful resort, although I must admit we spent very little time at the resort as there was so much to see and do in Scotland. I traded in 1/2 of my lockout and recieved a huge 3 bedroom 3 bath with living room, dining room, kitchen and two outdoor patios. So much more than we needed but it was nice to have our very own cottage for the week. While there are signs of age in the unit. They seem to be keeping it up very well. We noticed while the carpet was dated it was clean and the walls freshly painted. The furniture was comfortable and ample seating allowed you to have a crowd comfortably. The linens and towels were wonderful!! Always a good sign in my book.
We found that the location was really pretty good when you are trying to see a whole country in 7 days!
We were able to go to Edinburgh (2x), Sterling, Dundee, Perth, St. Andrews, Pitlochery, Loch Ness and whole lot of little towns in between.
Driving was tough in the beginning--so much so that we went back to the car rental and rented a GPS unit which was a lifesaver! Roundabouts, driving on the wrong side of road, street signs with too much info and windy curvey roads made it hard to keep on track but with the GPS we had more freedom to sightsee vs read maps!
While our Dollar is not in the optimum place for European travel, we found this was not a very expensive vacation- We ate out a few nights, and cooked in our unit a few. Same with lunch-- packed a few picnics and also tried out a few cafes.
I will post pictures when I get a chance if anyone is interested.
This was a wonderful resort, although I must admit we spent very little time at the resort as there was so much to see and do in Scotland. I traded in 1/2 of my lockout and recieved a huge 3 bedroom 3 bath with living room, dining room, kitchen and two outdoor patios. So much more than we needed but it was nice to have our very own cottage for the week. While there are signs of age in the unit. They seem to be keeping it up very well. We noticed while the carpet was dated it was clean and the walls freshly painted. The furniture was comfortable and ample seating allowed you to have a crowd comfortably. The linens and towels were wonderful!! Always a good sign in my book.
We found that the location was really pretty good when you are trying to see a whole country in 7 days!
We were able to go to Edinburgh (2x), Sterling, Dundee, Perth, St. Andrews, Pitlochery, Loch Ness and whole lot of little towns in between.
Driving was tough in the beginning--so much so that we went back to the car rental and rented a GPS unit which was a lifesaver! Roundabouts, driving on the wrong side of road, street signs with too much info and windy curvey roads made it hard to keep on track but with the GPS we had more freedom to sightsee vs read maps!
While our Dollar is not in the optimum place for European travel, we found this was not a very expensive vacation- We ate out a few nights, and cooked in our unit a few. Same with lunch-- packed a few picnics and also tried out a few cafes.
I will post pictures when I get a chance if anyone is interested.
It's all the nasty foreign versions of whiskey that have the 'e'. Genuine Scotch manages very nicely without. 
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