- Jan 12, 2020
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Soaring Through The Sky 2019 Round Up

Happy New Year! Happy 2020! And Happy New Decade!

We start 2020 by reflecting on the year of 2019. It was a good year for us, and this post is such a great way for us to remember and appreciate everything we have seen, done ate and drank. Soaring Through The Sky is all about Travel and Lifestyle and in 2019 we focused on exploring our own back yard of Scotland- well it is such a stunning and diverse country that even in one year we haven’t got anywhere near completing it!

2019 Travel Destinations by Month

January Dundee V&A Museum and Loch Lomond

February London and Stirling

March Ayrshire- Alloway including Burns Cottage and Museum, Trump Turnberry for afternoon tea and an overnight stay

April Road trip to Guernsey via Herefordshire and Wales. In Scotland- climbed The Cobbler and Beinn Ime

May Fife on a Outlander location hunt- Falkland and Culross

June Mallorca

July Largs- sightseeing and jet boat ride

August Edinburgh’s Military Tattoo, Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival, road trip to Inverness and Speyside

September Guernsey and Bamburgh Castle

October Aberdeen road trip, Perthshire road trip, Stirling to see the Kelpies

November Leith, Fife, Dumfries and Galloway

December Christmas Markets in Glasgow and Edinburgh , Manchester meeting my dear friend Hine, celebrating the new year at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay

Best of the Year

Best travel experience Road Tripping Mallorca

Best new destination Aberdeenshire

Best revisited destination Mallorca

Best Food Scotland Scott’s (Port Edgar Marina, Queensferry, EH30 9SQ), Stack & Still (West George Street, Glasgow G2 1PJ) , Alston Bar & Beef (Glasgow Central Station) , Cup for Morning Tea (Virginia Court, Glasgow G1 1TE) Johnstone Coffee Co. (High St, Johnstone PA5 8QG) Printworks Coffee (42 Constitution St, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6RS)

Best Food and Drink Abroad Everything to eat and drink at No.31 (Puerto De Pollensa, Mallorca)

Best bars Head’s and Tales Gin Bar (1a Rutland Place, Edinburgh, EH1 2AD) Bavaria Brauhaus (30 Bothwell St, Glasgow G2 6NU)

Best accommodation Trump Turnberry

Best of the Rest of UK Sightseeing London- Walkie Talkie Building, London Dungeons, Camden, Welsh countryside, Guernsey, Bamburgh, Manchester

Best of Scotland Edinburgh’s Fringe, Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Edinburgh’s Hogmanay, Glasgow Green fireworks for Guy Fawkes Night, free entry to Historic Scotland sites on St Andrews Day

Climbs The Cobbler and Beinn Ime

Road Trips to Guernsey, around Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, a day trip around Perthshire and the island of Mallorca

Best Reads The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilika’s Journey by Heather Morris, The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton, Let Me Lie by Claire Mackintosh

Obsessed with Outlander Eagerly awaiting season 5- we have visited many fliming locations and also went to watch live filming in Paisley

National Trust Of Scotland We had a 12 month membership to NTS sites across Scotland. We visited many castles, stately homes, and important sites. Our favourites were Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House in Helensburgh, The Weaver’s Cottage in Kilbarchan and The Battle of Bannockburn in Stirling

Murals Went a bit mural mad, Glasgow has so many amazing Murals, you can’t help but get addicted to spotting them

Family 2019 was a big year for family celebrations- Pam’s Dad turned 60, Pam’s Gran and Papa celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary, and Shannon’s parents celebrated their Silver Wedding Anniversary. Being on the right side of the world helps being with family for big occassions!

Home at the end of 2018 we bought our first home together, an 1890’s farm cottage, only a 3-minute drive from Pam’s family (after travelling the world and living in Guernsey for so long, we never thought we would settle in Scotland)