Real Journeys

I spent the last three nights in Oban, which I used as a base to explore several islands of the Inner Hebrides. Now I’m on the train heading to my next destination. I previously wrote about my adventure getting to … Continued

Here is the story of my journey from Balloch to Oban on ScotRail. It has not gone as planned. If it had, I would have arrived in Oban about two hours ago. Instead, I will get there about three hours … Continued

Today was the sixth day of my Scotland adventure, and my first completely free day. It was also the first sunny day of my trip. I was happy to spend the day enjoying Balloch and hiking in the hills outside … Continued

After my four days in Glasgow where I was so jammed with activities that I couldn’t keep up with the blogging, it’s going to be a lot easier now that I’m on the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. There … Continued

I’m starting this post on the morning of my last day in Glasgow. Later this afternoon I will move on to my next destination on my month-long Scotland adventure. I will finish this post when I get there. I still … Continued

Today I had a private guide who walked around with me and talked about the history and architecture of Glasgow. There was some overlap with the Rick Steves self-guided walk I did yesterday, but not enough to make sure I … Continued

Yesterday I wrote about my two-day trek from Mexico to Scotland and my arrival in Glasgow. I got here around noon, and as I was looking through my guidebooks (I have Rick Steves’ Scotland and Fodor’s Essential Scotland, because they … Continued

Getting to Glasgow from Mexico wasn’t quick or easy. But I’m here and saw some interesting stuff on my first day, which I’ll write about in a later post. For now, here’s the story of my adventure in getting here.