Almost half of our journey has passed already and we have seen only a part of Scotland. We feel a bit in a hurry, but fortunately that feeling quickly fades when we decide to visit Scotland more often. We want to see everything and on this trip as much as possible.
We avoid Glasgow and arrive at Ayr through Kilmarnock. A nice town to walk through, but not to stay. Not far away, in Alloway, the greatest poet of Scotland was born: Robert Burns. He wrote in the Scottish dialect about Scotland, which made him one of the heroes of this country. He lived in the 18th century.

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Like we always do, we take all sorts of small side roads to have the best looks at the country and land up in Barr at the end of the afternoon. Barr is a small village in the middle of nowhere. We really need a break, something to eat and drink, and decide to take a room in The Kings Arms hotel. Before we know we are conversing with English people having their holiday in Scotland. This is a nice place from where we can explore the south west of Scotland.

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We made no pictures today, although we have seen many pretty sights. We are not used, yet, to have a camera with us and are very economical (another Dutch characteristic and according to hear-say also a Scottish one) with taking pictures. But we make it up in the holidays we have in Scotland in the coming years.

Travel through Europe and Africa

with Elisabeth and Teije