Greetings from Inverary, Scotland, UK! While mom, grandma, grandpa, Trinity, and Alex took a rental car from Glasgow to our destination while Brandon and I took a bus (due to not enough space for seven people plus luggage in the car). The ride was beautiful and looked like a scene from Lord of the Rings.
This is the place my ancestors on my grandmother's side called home. She successfully traced her lineage back to the Campbell Clan (my greatgrandma's maiden name was Campbell). We are staying in the Argyll Hotel in the little town of Inverary (by little town, I mean you can walk across it in around ten minutes) by Loch Fyne. The air is clean and salty, but does not have that fishy smell that Florida has. Its simply a beautiful place, and it is amazing this is where some of my ancestors lived.
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| Jellyfish on the Beach |
The Campbell clan is a large and well-known Highland Scottish clan. The chief of the clan became Earl and later Duke of Argyll. They were firm supporters of King Robert the Bruce. Since the 17th century, the Duke of Argyll has lived in the Inverary Castle. We even got to see the current Duke when we visited, which was pretty exciting.
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| Clan Campbell Crest |
The castle was built in the 1700s and sits on an estate of 60,000 acres, where 16 of them are kept as a garden. Too bad I didn't inherit the castle somehow. :/
The next day (today) we decided to explore the Scottish countryside and take a long drive. Here are some of the places we saw:
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| My Claddagh Ring |
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| Ruins of a Castle |
Please note, I do not take all of these pictures. Brandon and my grandpa take most of them. :) It is 1am here, so I am going to crash. I hope you enjoyed the pictures!!
Jessica
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