Scotland Part 1: St. Andrews

Our trip to Scotland last week was an absolute BLAST!!!

On the trip was my mama and daddy, my brother Jordan and his wife Katie, Price and me, and a born-Scottish-now-Canadian couple that my parents know through business– Anne and Andy!

Andy’s brother Paul is a caddy at one of the big golf courses over in Scotland so the guys got to play 5 pretty incredible rounds of golf while the ladies sight saw, ate a lot, shopped, and enjoyed the beauty of our surroundings!

We were taken care of by a driver/tour guide/trip organizer named Maurice from Deveron Travel. He told us we could call him Mo so that’s what we called him most of the time! Mo was the SWEETEST, most humble, most accommodating person I might have ever met. We absolutely fell in love with him!! If you ever travel to the lovely land of Scotland, I highly recommend contacting Mo to help you with your trip! You can find his Facebook page here! His company is relatively new so he needs some more likes!! (hint, hint, nudge, nudge!)

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Leg #1 of our trip was in St. Andrews, which claims to be the birthplace of golf. Paul says that may or may not be true, but whatever the case, The Old Course at St. Andrews is a highly sought after place to swing your clubs, so the guys were stoked to get to play it! The 1st tee box and the 18th green are right next to each other (weird.) so you can watch people start and end their round from the same spot! Katie and I actually happened to time a walk to the course perfectly and we saw the guys walking to the 18th green! Here they are:

Other than golf, there is a good bit to do in St. Andrews! They have several streets lined with great shops, restaurants, residences, pretty churches, etc… We loved just meandering around this place!

We even got to see where Will and Kate met!!! WHAT?! They were both in school at St. Andrews at the time! Who knew? (Not me!) 🙂

The place we stayed here was really cute! It was a quaint little B&B that we liked a lot! It was here that I tried my first and only bite of haggis… Sheep guts just aren’t my thing… But they actually did taste good! Had I not known what I was eating, I might have had more but… I figured such foreign food might not be good for the baby! 😉

Our next stop was Troon, then on to Turnberry, with a few stops in between! I hope to get more pics up soon! 🙂

Have any of you ever visited St. Andrews? I’d love to know what you thought of the place! 🙂

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you’re having a good week so far!