Houston.BloggersPub

It’s time to bring out more Scotland photos. I told you I would, especially since I shot more than 400 photos while in the UK. Don’t worry, not all of them will hit the blog.

Here are pictures from Stirling Castle in Stirling. This is the place where William Wallace defeated the English in 1297. Remember the guy Mel Gibson played in Braveheart? I loved how these photos turned out. Click on a picture to enlarge the sucker.

See more pictures from Stirling Castle in my Flickr Scotland Set.

Ken Hoffman published my email in his Sunday column. It was about our Scotland trip so here is another photo. This was taken at Edinburgh Castle overlooking the city from behind one of the many cannons. (MORE ON THE CASTLE)

Make this picture bigger

So here is the picture of the car we rented when we were in Scotland. It was a Citroen Xsara Picasso (link). Heard of that? Turns out it is a French company.

After getting used to driving on the opposite side of the car, I have to say it was a good car. Liked the digital readout.

As promised, here is a picture I took on the Isle of Skye. It was so beautiful all I had to do was point in shoot. This is one I couldn’t mess up too much. This was taken outside of our hotel.
Imagine waking up to this everyday!

More on the Isle of Skye.

SEE A LARGER IMAGE

This is a picture of a seemingly old bridge in Scotland. We were leaving the Isle of Skye when I took it. It took me a while to get to a point where I felt I could take a good picture. I would say this is one of my favorites from the trip.

SEE THE FULL PICTURE

I spotted this guy on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. He was a big hit with the tourists.

As I was taking his picture, there was another guy in a kilt playing the bagpipes down the street.

As a Texan, I’ve always loved Whataburger. I would say it is the best fast food hamburger you can get. I almost alked about this on my recent Top Houston Burgers article.

So when I saw Wannaburger on The Royal Mile in Edinburgh, I had to stop and laugh.

There was no way I was traveling all the way to Scotland and eating a fast food burger so I cannot vouch for Wannaburger, but you have to agree it looks similar to our Whataburger.

Here I go to the beautiful country of Scotland and what is my first image post? Yeah, a picture of a soda can. But many might find this interesting, it is a Dr. Pepper Zero can. I have never seen this drink in America, but I can tell you first hand that it is delicious.

Much the way Coke Zero tastes like real Coke, Dr. Pepper Zero will not disappoint DP fans.

I only found one shop on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile that sold it while on our travels, so I don’t know how widely available it is. In fact Coke’s UK page only has an image, so I think this is the early stages of the drink.

If you have a chance to drink one, take it, even if you are not thirsty. You will find it oh so choice.

I have always been a huge Dr. Pepper fan, I think that is how I made my choice to go to Baylor. That’s since Waco is the birth site for the drink and even has a full museum dedicated to it.

More Scotland photos coming. By the time I’m finished, you’ll probably be sick of the UK.