For one of our other ports in Scotland, at Invergordon, we booked another tour. This time, instead of using Rabie’s, we used WOW Scotland. It was definitely a different experience than our Rabbie’s tour, but we were still able to…
Visiting the Clava Cairns in Scotland
Ancient burial sites dot the British Isles, ranging from very large (like Stonehenge) to very small. Not far from the Culloden Battle Field is a well preserved site known as the Clava Cairns. Since we visited the Clava Cairns site…
Visiting Loch Ness in Scotland
Probably there is no place in Scotland more famous than Loch Ness. This fame all happens to be due to a monster that may or may not exist depending on who you talk to. Disproving the monster appears to be…
Rabbie’s Tour: Glasgow, Scotland Review
One of the stops on our British Isles cruise was in Glasgow, Scotland. We try not to do shore excursions from our cruise ship if we can avoid it due to the price. So I was on the lookout for…
4 Things to See at Stirling Castle in Scotland
I’m sure if you have been following our journeys over the last year you have gotten the idea that I really like castles. Stirling Castle is located in the highlands of Scotland, and we visited it on our British Isles…
How We Spent Our Day in Belfast, Northern Ireland
We went to a lot of amazing places on our British Isles cruise but our day Belfast, Northern Ireland was probably our favorite of them all. I think this was a surprise to us and also comes as a surprise…
See C. S. Lewis Square in Belfast, Northern Ireland
C.S. Lewis, the author of the Chronicles of Narnia and many other books, was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and is one of the city’s most famous sons. To honor him the city of Belfast opened a park in his…
Visit Carrickfergus Castle Near Belfast, Northern Ireland
One of the things I was most excited about for our trip to the British Isles was seeing castles. When we visited Europe in 2016 I had seen some castle-like places at Dubrovnik and Thessaloniki, but I hadn’t been to…
Visiting the Titanic Belfast Museum
Europe is filled with many museums. This is especially the case in the British Isles. When we were in Belfast, Northern Ireland we made a stop at the Titanic Belfast Museum and it was a delight. It is a beautiful,…
4 Things To Do in Liverpool That Aren’t the Beatles
Everyone has heard of The Beatles. And pretty much everyone knows they got their start in Liverpool. We are not huge Beatles fans so when we saw we were stopping in Liverpool we were on the lookout for things to…