From Scotland with Love: Isle of Skye

The trip to Skye was the last trip with INTERSOC. We had to go because, well, it is Skye’s island. It was two day trip so we left Saturday morning and got back Sunday night around 10pm. On the first day we went to Eilean Donan castle and a coral beach on Skye. Eilean Donan was beautiful and I couldn’t believe that it is still used by the family as a getaway. I’d forgotten how beautiful the drive through the highlands was. It was so green this time, I couldn’t believe it, and the castle is just stuck right there in the middle of it. The coral beach was lovely as well and so white. We climbed to the top of a little cliff and even saw a seal bobbing about in the water. After we were done there we drove to Portree and got settled. Then we went out for dinner and finished the evening off in a lovely little pub.

Sunday’s schedule included stops at the old man of Storr, the kilt rock, and Flora McDonald’s grave. The drive to Storr was amazing. The whole island was amazing, really. Anyways, it was quite a hike to get there and I probably shouldn’t have done it, but I did. I quickly came to the conclusion as a result that my back is most certainly not better, unfortunately. It got very angry and has yet to calm down which I don’t much like but I’ll just go with it and get it sorted once I get back to Canada. It was absolutely stunning though. The kilt rock and waterfall and Flora McDonald’s grave were also beautiful. Once all was done there we drove back to Aberdeen, getting back just as the sky was going dark.

From Scotland with love,

Haley