Mel & Matt Around The World: Entering Scotland!!

We are staying at the Glasgow Pond Hotel which is actually really nice. It has free parking and Wifi which seems to be our main criteria now when we are searching. Our first impression of Glasgow is that it is really lively! There is so much to do if you spend money - but maybe not the best place to just aimlessly wander around. So we went to the Whiskey Distillery, Glengoyne and got a guided tour. I can now appreciate Whiskey without actually enjoying the taste haha but Matt loved it and we bought a bottle of 12 year old Whiskey and are having a little bit each night. You never know, I might develop a taste for it! The tour guide was great -he told us that Glenguin Estate Winery was started by someone (possibly a relative) who used to work at Glengoyne, moved to Hunter Valley in Australia and still wanted a link to Glengoyne Distillery.

The waterfall that supplies all the water necessary for cooling the whiskey in the distillery. The water that goes IN to the Whiskey comes from a reservoir six km away.

Trying the 18 year old whiskey at the end of tour

Dad would be killing to make a joke out of this photo

Me about to try the 18 year old Whiskey

Matt out the front

Loch Lomond lookout - There is one family (The Macfarlans) that have delivered post out to all the islands on their boat since the beginning. They let people catch a ride with them sometimes but we didn't get a chance to look into it this time.

Our hotel - Matt having a drink of his new whiskey

Then yesterday we went to Botanic Gardens. It was pretty good for something different. It was also free - our favourite :D haha

Botanic Gardens

Glass house at Glasgow Botanic Gardens

Glasshouse (Kibble Palace)

After the Botanic Gardens we went shopping to find me a new jumper. We found one in Topshop so I was happy. I needed something that I can just throw on that matches everything. Then we went to Walkabout for some drinks and food. Walkabout is the Australian themed pub that they have everywhere in heaps of countries. Its the one Matt (my brother) got offered the job in Blackpool. Drink were so cheap! Everything on the table cost 14 pound in total!