Sightseeing!

I’ve been very fortunate during my trip and have been able to see many of the major sights of Scotland, N. Ireland, Wales, and Switzerland. I’m going to highlight my favorite ones, so that if you ever get the chance to make it over here, you can be sure to visit these places or events!

 SCOTLAND

•    Whaligoe Steps (Wick, Caithness)
•       Dunrobin Castle 
•        Mull O’ Galloway: Southern most point in Scotland
•        Dunnett Head/ John O’ Groats: Northern most points on the Scottish mainland
•        Edinburgh: The capital city
•        The Royal Highland Show: The largest show in Scotland 
•        Orkney Islands: Take a ferry to Orkney and see these islands north of the mainland.
•        Ring of Brodgar (Orkney Islands): Neolithic stone circle, 27 of the 60 original stones still standing

At the bottom of the Whaligoe Steps

At John O' Groats, northern most point of mainland Scotland

Dunrobin Castle

Part of the Ring of Brodgar stone circle on Orkney islands

The Royal Highland Show is "Out of this World"

The Mull of Galloway, southern most point in Scotland

NORTHERN IRELAND

•         Follow St. Patrick’s Trail (Downpatrick): See his grave, statue, churches, wells, etc.
•     Giant’s Causeway: 
•         Belfast: The capital city: rose garden, capitol building, titanic, etc.
•     Mourne Mountains
•        Mussenden Temple/ Downhill (Castlerock)
•    Carrick-a-Rede bridge
•    Sand beaches
•    Londonderry/ Derry: the walled city. (12th of August parade)
•    Todd's Leap: adventure center  http://www.toddsleap.com/
•    Marble Arch Caves
•    Devenish Island

Inside a church on St. Patrick's trail

Stream running down the Mourne Mountains

The Rose Gardens in Belfast...stunning!

Stormont, the capitol building in Belfast

Outside the Titanic Museum in Belfast

Body-boarding on a beach near Portrush

The Carrick-a-Rede bridge

View from the other side of the Carrick-a-Rede bridge

The Giant's Causeway

Giant's Causeway

Mussenden Temple

Marble Arch Caves

Devenish Island 

  WALES

•  Caernarfon Castle
•  The Electric Mountain
•  King Arthur's Stone
•  Worm's Head
•  Cardiff: Capital city, castle, and free museum

Caernarfon Castle, 

King Arthur's Stone

Worm's Head Beach

SWITZERLAND

• The Rheinfall (Europe's largest waterfall)
• Mount Pilatus
• Mount Santis
• Bern: capital city
• Leukerbad: hot springs
• Klein Matterhorn/The Matterhorn
• Yodeling 
• Zurich at Christmas time
• Schwingen

The nations capital building by night

Alphorn players ontop of Mount Pilatus near Luzern

On Pilatus

The village of Leukerbad, home of hot springs swimming pools

The Rheinfall

The Matterhorn

Zurich in winter