Scottish Highlands- Of Gaelic, Lochs and Midges!
Rick Steve's book on Scottish Highlands had already prepared me with the interesting fact that while only 3% of Scots speak Gaelic , 30% of the Gaelic speakers live in the Isle of Skye. So, entering the grocery store at Broadford, a cute-ish town in the Skye, and seeing all signs in Gaelic, delighted me! Ah ha.. the mental translation started, so Maesan=Fruits and Glasraich =Vegetables. Given that all our Bengali hearts were already singing at the prospect of "dimer jhol/bhat, chicken curry/bhat" dinners over the next 3 days in our Airbnb located at he heart of Isle of Skye , in beautiful Sligachan :) Isle of Skye was our second stop in Scotland - filled with surprises, misadventures, and thrills that we weren't exactly ready for. After spending three busy days in vibrant, soulful, historical Edinburgh, we had boarded the train to Inverness - considered the gateway to Isle of Skye - on a sunny Tuesday morning. We got comfortable in the train, watching Scottis