Safe 'n sound!

We made it! After three flights and some attempts at making up sleep, we landed in Glasgow around 8am on Saturday, June 6. Unfortunately, my tablet is TOAST after being soaked by my supposedly leakproof waterbottle between Vancouver and Halifax. I'm choked because that was going to be the main way we stayed in contact and blogged, but I guess we just have to roll with it. On somewhat of an impulse move, we decided to buy an iPad mini from the airport to that we had a reasonably-sized device to write posts from. A reasonably-sized, $300 dollar device. 

Anyway, even though I'm pretty choked about the tablet (it's now deadweight in my pack until I figure out what to do with it), the trip's off to a pretty decent start. Rory picked us up on the other side of customs and we were off! We toured a bit of Glasgow, including climbing to the top of the Necropolis and looking around a huge cathedral and Glasgow's oldest house, and then made our way to Glenalmond, where Rory lives. 

The drive was gorgeous. I'm very excited to be back in this little slice of Scottish paradise, but possibly even more excited for Megan to see how great it is. It was great to have a place to stay in a pretty quiet area, plus I loved hanging out with Rory's cat, Ginger (Gingy); such a cute, cuddly fellow. We walked around the farm property, which I didn't get to do last time. There's so much greenery! We felt adventurous and climbed down to the river that flows through the Glen, which was awesome, though our shoes got a little muddy.

Today (Sunday) we slept in, took another wander around the farm, and set off for the city of Perth, where we'll catch the train. On the way, we stopped at the Rumbling Bridge and climbed down to the river to hang out for a bit. Once we got to Perth, we just took a walk along the river Tay and got a bite to eat before Rory dropped us off at the station. And now, here we are! Sucking up the free wifi and having a drink in the station, waiting for our 17:22 train to Edinburgh. I suppose that's were I'll next update!