Spain to Scotland

We finished our trip in Spain in Alacante. Not the nicest place we've been, but it's not bad once you get to the port. Greg met some Australian freak at a church.....something about not taking pictures because 'this isn't f'ing China' (really). Aside from that not much else happened in Alacante. They also have a fantastic airport. We arrived in Glasgow about 1 am after geting through customs so not much to tell for night 1. Friday we spent driving on the wrong side of the road, having an 'all day breakfast' which we think is meant to fill you up ALL DAY. It has lots o stuff, bacon, eggs, sausage, bread, beans, fried toast. Oh my god, you have to try fried toast. We did a walking tour of Glasgow, saw some great buildings, the best being Glasgow Cathedral. We then headed on through Stirling with a stop at Stirling Castle, again a great place. The highlight of the trip though was about 3 hours north in Braemar, which is the home of Braemar Gathering, the old Scottish games. We actually found a hotel right in the middle of town, not cheap but it was more than we expected. Most everything was closed when we arrived, so we had dinner at the Take Away - by far the greasiest place ever - but oh soooo good. The games were Saturday, with a special appearance by the Queen herself. One of the most amazing parts of the day were the bagpipers. They were non-stop, and at one point there were several bands on the floor at the same time, we're guessing 250-300 people total. We have lots of pics and video, however we can't upload anything on this computer. We left the games and drove to Edinburgh where we'll finish out our stay in Scotland. Monday we're off to Ireland. But for now we're out of time so we'll leave it here. Hopeully have more pics and video to upload in the next couple of days.

Mike (Greg says hi too)