One of the highlights of visiting UK and Scotland was actually seeing for myself the names of some of the pubs and hotel here. Their names were kinda like from a story book. And some of these pubs have been here for a very long time. Above one that is called "The World's End". Interesting name for a pub. It is as if this would be the place to be if the world was coming to an end and I needed one last drink before going down with it,
Clan was also a big thing I learnt about Scotland. So many clans, so proud of being part of clans. Above Clans of Scotland, perhaps a cafe, a pub or a souvenir shops. We have clans in the Eastern world too. We have Kongsi in Malaysia! Based on our surname, same as the Scotts.
Taverns are also kinda cool. Above is Deacon Brodie's Tavern. That brings me back to me reading fantasy books of Dragonlance, where the heroes would always stopped the night at a tavern, for a meal, for a drink, for meeting with someone to get information. Even from the movies I watched. All these were fictional places for me, before I landed in UK :) I didn't patronised any of these establishment though. But that will change in my next trip, as I have a pub planned in my itinerary.
Or The Inn on the Mile. I can't imagine a building like this in my fantasy stories though, mainly cause this one looked so modern and concrete. I take it that this is a small inn, but it sure does look grand :) We did stayed in a small hotel later on, during our trip to Isle of Skye. Since we were on a 3days2night tour, the tour company actually helped booked the accommodation for us. It was expensive, but I guess it was also an experience, to have stayed in a typical bed and breakfast local hotel in a small town called Portree.
We also saw some cheesier looking places that looked geared towards tourist. Deacon's House was one of them. I think this was a cafe or restaurant. For some reason, we didn't frequent these places much as the prices were on the high side, and if we needed a meal, we could eat quite well just out of the supermarket.
They have a British looking statue outside their cafe too. Almost like a themed cafe I guess. The western people seems to love dining in cafe, sitting outdoors, drinking beers. Maybe it's just their culture. Maybe they are just richer, or more YOLO. For me, that would have been a treat, something that I would need to take time to enjoy and appreciate. Not something I would do daily on my travels. I rather like eating alone in my hotel room when I travel solo.
One shop that I did consider visiting was The Witchery, which was a high end restaurant. But I read mixed review about the place. Some said it was good, others said it was a ripped off. Doesn't really matter, I wasn't interested in spending so much money one a single meal, especially when my husband wasn't the best companion to enjoy such a meal with. But I was surprised they also have a shop nearby, and since it was just a shop, I did went in to check out what was on sale there.
It was a lovely looking restaurant. I guess if I have unlimited money, I wouldn't mind dining here. But everything I do with my money these days are all a carefully and intentionally calculated expenses. Sure I could YOLO from time to time, but I need to justify it, and I just couldn't justify having dinner here, or paying 60pounds a person for an afternoon tea at the castle. Heck I can't even justify the cost to have an afternoon tea at E&O in Penang, which might cost maybe 30SGD?
A last notable mentioned, a Museum of Magic and Witchcraft. It was a small private museum that I was interested in visiting. I've even stepped in once. It cost 5pounds to visit, and the internet review said that it was small but filled with artefacts for those who was interested in this subject. The time I stepped in to visit, they had a private event on and I wasn't allowed in until 1.5hrs later. So I decided to browse around the gift shop instead. What was on sale didn't interest me, especially the books on sale. It felt more like a casual touristy themed place instead. How should I put it, I felt like the books sold weren't sincere in their curation. And just because of that, I decided not to visit the museum after all, lol. Interestingly I did came back with a book on Witchcraft, bought at the Harry Porter themed shop at Victoria Street It cost me 30pounds! And I love the book. I have still yet to read it. But it was a solid buy for me :)
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