Hours in Scotland: 101
Great Meals at Rishi Indian Aroma: 2
Indian meals total: 3
Lamb servings: 3
Great meals at Antlers in Portree: 2
Times discovering Drambuie is an Isle of Skye liquor: 1
Times trying Drambuie: 1
Times discovering I much prefer Scotch to Drambuie: 1
Salmon servings: 3
Great salmon servings: 1
Haddock servings: 2
Gins at Gin 71, including a Finnish one: 4
Amazing Sea Bass at Gin 71: 1
Bites of haggis: 1
Bites of local bleu cheese: 1
Times I discovered I like haggis more than bleu cheese: 1
Rainbows: 4
Times I thought about climbing up to Ewan’s castle: 1
Times I passed a woman who broke her ankle trying to climb to Ewan’s castle: 1
Times I slipped in the mud around Ewan’s castle: so many
Times I got most of the way to Ewan’s castle and then a couple coming down warned me about how steep and slippery it was, so I finally listened to the universe and stopped climbing: 1
Glasses of Wee Angus Merlot, from Australia, chosen because I have two great great . . . s from Scotland named Angus: 1
Tours of the Isle of Skye: 1
Sightings of Nessie at her Loch: 0
Other tourists on the bus tour: 3
People on the bus (out of 5) who had been extras on Outlander: 2
Rocks picked up to take home: 5
Times I heard the fairy pipes at Kilt Rock: 1
Whiskeys tried*: 20
Times the guy at The Whiskey Shop totally remembered me from all those mini whiskeys I bought the last time I was in: 1
*Woohoo: Glen Allachie 8; Talisker 8 2020 (new favorite!)
MMMM: Glengoyne 18; Tobermory 12; Bunnahabhain 12; Talisker 10; Talisker Distiller’s Editon; Talkisker Distillery Exclusive; Glenfiddich; Glenmorangie; Arran 10; Dalwhinnie 12; Lomand Signature Blend
Meh: Caledonian Bay Blended; Glen Scotia Double Cask; Talisker Port Ruighe; Talisker Skye; Balvenie; the other Talisker 8
Not sure, cause it was in ice cream: Blair Athol
(101 hours / 20 whiskies=one new whiskey every 5 hours)