The semester is finally over; I can't believe how fast this four months passed. I remember arriving to the airport in January with one of my flat mates, we were very excited for the months to come. Now I realize that in the past semester we have done so many things; we have discovered the city, we have met new people, we went to our three classes per week, we traveled around Scotland, and so much more. Amongst the several trips we had around Scotland my favorite one is our road trip to the Isle of Skye during the easter holidays.

A friend from ESDES who is doing his exchange semester in Lancaster came by to Edinburgh and then we took the road in my flat mate's car.

         ESDES's Scottish brigade on the road!

                                (In a Fiat 500 with approximately 100kg of luggage. Boys in the back, thanks girls!)

We first stopped in Oban, a small port town, after four hours of route. We stayed for the night at a hostel called Oban Backpackers. The town welcomed us with the smell of the sea and the seafood, and with the inevitable Scottish rain.

The next day we headed directly to the Isle of Skye. The Scottish Highlands landscapes were astonishing,every 15 minutes we would stop to take some photos of the mountains, the sea or the cliffs. 

Scottish Highlands

After 4 hours by car we finally arrived in the Isle. We stayed at another hostel for the night and the next day we started to discover the Isle. We first went to a place called Neist Point; it is a sort of peninsula with a lighthouse at the end. We were very lucky because it was very sunny, something which is very rare in the Isle of Skye. There were some amazing cliffs at Neist Point; we were blown away by the beauty of this place.

 Neist Point

We were litterally going from hostel to hostel every night, which was cool because it allowed us to stay near to other parts of the Isle and then we could go there more easily. One day before going to a hostel we spotted the most beautiful beach in the world, with Valentin we decided to dive in, even if afterwards we were close to being hypothermic!

Diving in!

In the last day in Isle of Skye we went to its biggest town: Portree. The town was lovely, it was very calm and the people were so welcoming, and we had a royal meal at a seafood restaurant! Then we went to the Fairy Pools which is a place where there is a river with the clearest water that I have seen in the world. There were some amazing waterfalls, it was sunny, so we decided to dive our feet in the water (it was a bit cold by the way!)

The Fairy Pools

After 6 days of road trip it was finally the time to come back to Edinburgh. Now I realize that I have been to one of the most beautiful places in the world, which is located in an underestimated country, form a touristic point of view. Now I can say that I don't regret anything about coming to Scotland, I hope I can return in the near future because Edinburgh and Scotland in general is a place which has left a mark on me.