Hey there - Caitlin here.
We just arrived in Pitlochry today. I felt a little bad for our new hosts - I think we were all a little exhausted after the big day we had yesterday.
Kirriemuir Rotary Club took us to the Guide Dogs training centre in Forfar (we made it onto the front page of the newspaper with one of the dogs!)
and then we went on a gorgeous hike in Glen Clova to Loch Brandy. This is about an hour and a half hike uphill but it was sooooo worth it. This was my favorite place so far. Kylee filled her empty bottle with water from the loch and it was crystal clear spring water - delicious! It was a little weird drinking water directly from a lake but it was really good.
We just arrived in Pitlochry today. I felt a little bad for our new hosts - I think we were all a little exhausted after the big day we had yesterday.
Kirriemuir Rotary Club took us to the Guide Dogs training centre in Forfar (we made it onto the front page of the newspaper with one of the dogs!)
and then we went on a gorgeous hike in Glen Clova to Loch Brandy. This is about an hour and a half hike uphill but it was sooooo worth it. This was my favorite place so far. Kylee filled her empty bottle with water from the loch and it was crystal clear spring water - delicious! It was a little weird drinking water directly from a lake but it was really good.
We hurried back down because our hosts were waiting at a pub at the bottom and we each deserved a wee dram after all of that :)
After getting cleaned up, we attended a Burns night. We ate haggis after it was blessed in the traditional way with a Robert Burns poem, toasted with whisky, and danced the night away. Nothing like red wine and whisky followed by Scottish men flinging you around in circles. I'm not going to lie, my body hurts today!
We were delivered to our Pitlochry Rotary Club hosts this morning and we went straight into the meeting to do our presentation.
Afterwards, we all went back with our host families to relax. Kylee and I may have shopped a little bit...Tomorrow is a vocational day followed by an evening out at Pitlochry theater.. I'm excited for a fancy night out!
That's all for now!
Caitlin
P.S. Pictures will come soon...
P.P.S. Attn: My fellow GSE Team - please insert pictures above!! I don't have my camera cord :) XOXO
Hope you all have a chance to stop by the Moulin Inn - one of the oldest pubs in the country. Good food and drink. There is at least one distillery in Pitlochry - enjoy.
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