Category: Scotland
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Day 8: The Best of Fife, Crail and Balcomie
We woke up a bit late, still recovering from Johnny driving us home last night! (That’s the way Scots make fun of each other, and today’s lesson in Scottish.) He actually did a great job figuring out what side to stay on and how to shift left-handed. Only ran up on the curb once and…
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Scotland Day 7: The Old Course!
Woke up late with lots of time today. Thought we brought up all essential wet things to the room yesterday. Then went to the car and found everything that we’d left behind also wet, so set up a pretty display of umbrellas, bags, and towels in our small little car park. Just as everything was…
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Scotland Day 6: Golfing in East Lothian
We left Karen’s at about 9:30 to go 20 miles to Fife, where the atmosphere will be even more golf central. While East Lothian is called the Golf Coast, Fife is considered The Home of Golf, because of St. Andrews and all the neighboring courses. Scottish for today: The Firth of Forth is the body…
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Day 5: Meeting a Golf Star!
Scottish lesson: Take your hat off just as you enter any building anywhere, or you’ll be reminded. Wait for the story below! Scottish Vocabulary for the day: Car park: Parking lot Trousers: (“Pants” will elicit the giggles.) It was raining a bit in the morning and our tee time wasn’t until 11, so we had…
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Day 4: Dumping the Tour Van for the Britannia!
Today’s lesson in Scottish: Instead of trash and garbage, say, “Where shall I put this bit of litter?” And, “What day is the rubbish picked up?” Or, “That idea is total rubbish!” And from the Enterprise guy who was helping with an impossible situation. “Yes, perfect. Absolutely no problem at all.” Then later, “Well, just…
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Scotland Day 3: North Berwick Links, Scotland
We had a bit of a leisurely start for a lovely day. Our tee time wasn’t until 12:33 (don’t you love the odd minutes!), so we went back to the Ladies Scottish Open and followed a few groups around for about an hour. Then it was time to roll down the street to North Berwick…
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Scotland Day 2: Getting rained off the course!
Ohh, our first Scottish breakfast! Just eggs, sausage, and toast, but with tea! And very fresh berries! And a nice chat with Karen and Ann. Then off we were to the Ladies Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club. The mist was starting, and by the time we got there, it turned to a light rain.…
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Scotland 2019
From Tahiti to Scotland in just over three weeks… We were a little confused ourselves until we landed this morning at 7:30, got the car all sorted out, and were on the road to the Standingstone Farmhouse. Dad had given us a very last-minute trip to Tahiti (see blog for details and pictures), but we…
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Scotland Day 1: To the Golf Course, of course!
Scotland Day 1, August 6th, 2019 From Tahiti to Scotland in just over three weeks… We were a little confused ourselves until we landed this morning at 7:30, got the car all sorted out and were on the road to the Standingstone Farmhouse. These skies, the open spaces and the quiet are instant decompressors for…