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Scotland
30.03.2014 -13.04.2014
After Iceland I took an early flight to Scotland or more exactly to Glasgow.
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The flight was good. After I reached the airport, I took a bus to the city.
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My accomadation for the first night in Glasgow was a Maria, another person I knew because of couchsurfing. Before I arrived in Scotland, she was so nice giving me tips which bus-lines I have to take, which was SO useful and really easy to get to Glasgow.
Facts:
- flight took about 3 hours
- company: Icelandair
- ticket price: 312,46 €
Glasgow
Streetart
Hiking: West Highland Way
 Mainstation Glasgow :)Mainstation- where I met Maria. Such a cute statue |  ButcheryWho wants to have a sheep head? Or delicous giblets? =D It is also possible in Germany to buy giblets but it is no so in common in butcheries + I've never seen a sheep head or any head for buying :D |
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 University of Glasgow |  University of Glasgow |
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 I just love these colours and architecture |  |
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 |  St Mungo’s Cathedral |
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 Glasgow Cemetery |  Glasgow Cemetery |
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 Beer, beer, beer...After a long day Maria and me cooked togehter and had some scotish beers :) Thanks for having me, sharing your food and drinks! |  Time is always running?I love such weird things |
 West Highland Way in DrymenHere the Backpacking Tour really started. I started the hiking of the West Highland Way in Drymen, which is the 4th station of the route. |  |
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 View at the Loch LomondI think at this point I slipped on the way and then I was lying on the ground with my way too heavy backpack. I was lying on my back like a turned over turtle or like an bug. I couldn't stand up in a normal way. So I had to roll to the site to get up on my feet again :D |  View at the Loch Lomond |
 A weird sign for me..so photo-time |  View at the Loch Lomond |
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 A way for human or for goats? |  Again...goat-way? |
 Balmaha!Finally over 8 miles (12.6 km), 5-6 hours I reached the next point of the WHW. Here I slept in the "Balmaha Bunkhouse" |  I bought the shoes just for this trip and just after the first round, they looked like these xD |
 ....same with my trousers. |  Loch Lomond |
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 Loch Lomond |  Loch Lomond |
 Loch Lomond |  Loch Lomond |
 I just like to take pictures of broken things. It has its own charme |  |
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 |  A little farm on my way...I don't like sheeps or goats...they always staring at you...Later I will tell you guys a story about sheeps and their staring... |
 I can't remember now if I knew the way or if I just walked the way at a venture |  |
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 First time..In the evening I was at a pub with some live music. There I had an scotish beer and haggis with Tatties and Neeps. And it really was so delicious! I wish I could get it in a Restaurant here in Germany. |  Another scotish beer :D |
 it was raining a little bit when I walked the Pap of Glencoe... |  View from 'PoG' |
 View from 'PoG' |  Upper hill |
 View from 'PoG' |  View from 'PoG' |
 Way down... |  Bottom of 'Pap of Glencoe' |
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 Attention! Old people could crossing the street :D |  Alexandra Hotel (?) |
 St andrews church |  bronze sculpture of a weary...but triumphant walker. This statue symbols the end of the West Highland Way. Congrat of you are one of the person who made it :) |
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 Cute lamb |  Cute lamb but strange mother...You see..staring again... |
 twilight :) |  |
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 Loch NessCan you see Nessie? :P I really tried to see it ;D |  |
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 Urquhart Castlenear Drumnadroicht |  Urquhart Castle |
 Urquhart Castle |  Urquhart Castle |
 Urquhart Castle |  Loch Ness |
 InvernessWho wants to have money? :D I know its an normal ATM where you probably can get money without paying fees. But it looks like an machine where you get money for free XD |  Inverness....and here you just get free money in a shop :P |
 Edinburgh Castle |  Edinburgh Castle |
 Edinburgh Castle |  |
 Edinburgh Castle |  |
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 What a cool looking taxi |  |
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 View on Edinburghfrom: Arthur's Seat |  View on Edinburghfrom: Arthur's Seat |
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 |  The elephant houseIt is the coffee shop where J. K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter. And it was so crowded that we just took a look from the outside. |
 |  In my hostelhow polite :D |
 HostelI really liked the design |  Oink =) |
 The Restaurant is called 'Oink'This is the first look in the Restaurant where I had the first Pulled Pork in my life. |  Pulled Pork Burger with applesauceIt was so delicious! |
 Most pierced woman |  Edinburgh at night |
 Whiskey at 'Fiddlers Arms'There I also had something that is called 'Highland Chicken'. It was a chicken breast filled with haggis. I told you I like haggis :D Plus there was some live music |  I would also stay there :P |
 Angelique (a girl from my hostel) and me took a bus to the coast. It really was beautiful and this tent really invite to chill |  Coast near Edinburgh |
 Coast near Edinburgh |
So glad when I reached the bottom...it really looks like nothing on the picture but it really was pretty high and I was near the point that you can see on the picture where it is black and with the 'smoke'
When I reached my hostel everthing was so wet...my actually waterproofed hiking-shoes, my clothes and my daypack...EVERYTHING. So lucky, that the hostel had a room where you could dry your shoes
Walking on 'Conic Hill'
2. day WHW
Way from Balmaha to
Rowardennan
I stayed positive and said to myself: 'Maybe it will stop to rain...' But if went worse and worse. And I had a prolem to find the way xD At the beginning there was a normal way but after it I wasn't sure how to get to the top So at the beginning I went a way to the right until I hadn't any possibility to go on. Then I went back but there wasn't a real way, so I climbed the way kind of. Then I was pretty high to take the great Picture of the lake. It doesn't look like that on the pictures but it was raining so hard and it was windy. The rain hurt on my face. There wasn't any tree to stand under. I was literally scared to death. After I took the phots, I went the way back, where I was afraid to slip...
Fort Williams
Drumnadroicht
Inverness
Edinburgh
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