My heart's in the Highlands...

“My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,

My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer -

A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe;

My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.”

Robert Burns, when he wasn’t busy getting his face slapped all over Scottish money or putting the moves on some unsuspecting Highland lass, actually wrote some pretty cool and beautiful poetry—including the above verse. Sentimentality and pastoral images aside (oh those crazy Romantics), it’s a pretty accurate statement: the Highlands are absolutely AMAZING.

I spent the past two weekends in the Highlands - last weekend in Insch, Aberdeenshire, and this past weekend about 100-some miles west in Inverness - and I absolutely loved every minute. Because I'm so behind on blog posts, I'm not going to try and write retroactive blog posts about the weekends; instead, I'm going to link everyone to my photo albums from both weekends, and everyone should be able to see them.

Also - I will get better about posting. I promise.


INSCH HOMESTAY: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=559220&id=820825600&l=d793ca4911

IFSA-BUTLER TRIP TO INVERNESS: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=560114&id=820825600&l=1112721521

 Also, if these links don't work, let me know. We'll figure something out.