Trip to Scotland

13th November was first wedding anniversary for Poornima & I, and there was no better place for us to be than Scotland! The beauty of Scotland was so overwhelming that I consider it as one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. I do not remember any previous trip in last few years to any part of the world (and I have travelled a lot in last few years!) when I was so swept away by the natural beauty of a place. Not even in Mauritius. Scotland was absolutely amazing!! It was inconceivably beautiful.

We left for Scotland knowing that it's a good place to visit. But little did we know that it was going to blow our minds off! The first hint of what really lay ahead for us came during the train journey to Edinburgh. Just as the train crossed Berwick-upon-Tweed, the last town in England on the route, the railway track ran parallel to the sea, less than 100 meters from the shore. Every other moment we could see beautiful blue sea in front of us with flocks of seagulls hovering over it. The wonderful views of sea would only be interrupted by equally thrilling vistas of green trees that were changing colour in anticipation of the advancing winter. Since then it was a journey to the heaven for the next three days.

In Marathi there's a phrase, "DoLyAnche pAraNe fiTaNe". That's what you experience in Scotland ... wherever you go.