Five years ago Lar and I studied abroad in Edinburgh for six months after spending four months in Murcia, Spain. Spain was good, Scotland was amazing. After six months we didn’t want to leave and all of our close friends know that if you get us started talking about Scotland, we won’t ever stop. We love everything and anything Scottish – even haggis.
So my boyfriend was super excited to show me this commercial for Johnnie Walker whiskey because it’s pretty much as Scottish as it gets – it’s about Scottish whiskey, set in the Highlands and starring Robert Carlyle (any Hamish MacBeth fans out there? woot, woot!). Even if you’re not a Scottish-ophile, you need to watch this video. It’s brilliant and five and half minutes of one single shot.
Who else thinks Carlyle’s outfit is perfection? Classic, rugged and those hats are fantastic!
Want to see what Lar and I looked like five years ago? Here are a couple of photos from our time in Scotland.
Me and Lar with a friend in the highlands on an unusually sunny day.
Wearing University of Edinburgh sweatshirts on the beach in June.
Exploring one of the many, many castles we visited.
Even in the spring and summer months we had to embrace layering. Lar was all about her puffy vests and hoodies.
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19 Responses to “Johnnie Walker/ Ode to Scotland”
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sharon rose Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 3:19 amI’d love to visit Scotland and explore it in more detail, looks like you had a fab time!!
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Lesley Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:37 amAww lucky girls! My friend is going to Med school out there and I desperately want to visit! Amazing photos!
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Snapshot Fashion Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:04 amooo scotland is so pretty. my parents went there a few years back and the photos they took were so beautiful. i really have to go some day just to see the castles alone!
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Sally Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:09 amI’ve only spent a few days in Scotland, but I MISS IT. I’m pretty sure it’s the best place on earth.
You two are so adorable in those photos!
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WendyB Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:39 amI went to Scotland once and loved it! I would definitely go back.
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Style with Benefits Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 12:58 pmYay for old school pics! These are great and you both look so cute.
And yes, I love the ruggedness of Carlyle’s outfit!
xoxo, Becs
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Amy Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 1:01 pmAww I would love to visit Scotland one day. These photos are awesome and you girls look adorable!
xoxo
P.S. I tagged you girls in my blog.
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lisa Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 1:48 pmScotland seems like an amazing place! I’d love to go someday.
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greenjeans Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 2:28 pmI want to go to there.
everyone should have a little tweed in their life.
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UnoCosa Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:00 pmhiya!!1 love love the blog and the happy energy!
And this is such an coincident as I just did a post about my past (but mine was over 10 years ago, haha!!!) – don’t you just love the times when we were all using actual analog camera?? – xx
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Liz Blair Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 5:36 pmWhen I graduated from high school, I went on a bicycle trip all over England and Scotland. I vaguely remember Edinborough castle sitting up on a hill. I think that might have been the place where there was confusion over our hostel reservations, and we ended up sleeping on a freezing church floor with no sleeping bags or anything. Even though it was in June, we all bought wool sweaters and mittens and wore them!
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Melissa~ Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:55 pmScotland looks beautiful. I understand why you guys enjoyed so much.
The commercial is amazing.Kisses!!!
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Sharon Says:
December 4th, 2009 at 2:14 amWow! Great pictures… Scotland look so amazingly beautiful! I want to go there one day…. so lovely.. and that commericial is genius.. I watched it like 4 times!!
Love & Aloha
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Lesley N Says:
December 4th, 2009 at 4:01 amThat is one place I’ve always wanted to go! Great photos
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Heidi Says:
December 4th, 2009 at 12:16 pmGosh I miss traveling!! I would love to go to Scotland. It sounds amazing
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Maeko Says:
December 4th, 2009 at 12:22 pmI’m so sad! I left you girls a BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG comment yesterday and it isn’t here!
Anyway, the gist of it is, I love you for going there… iwish I could too. My husband’s non-asian half heritage is from the Isle of Egg in Scotland. We got married in a Scottish castle in Victoria, BC…. so I love Scots and castles.
For Lar, you graphic design-phile, you: check out Talisker Whiskey’s website. It has all the beauty and grandeur of the Scottish landscape, with the benefit of being one truly well-designed site!
You’re going to love it!
Miss seing your uplifting comments at thereafterish.! Hope all is well!
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Wrecked Stellar Says:
December 4th, 2009 at 2:09 pmAww cute photos! Hope you ladies have a fabulous weekend! xo, Mel
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Because we are Scot-o-philes… — AsianCajuns Says:
January 19th, 2010 at 11:16 pm[...] and I have repeatedly babbled alluded to our love of Scotland in previous posts. We don’t even have a drop of Scottish blood in us (Irish, English, French, Danish, German, [...]
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Asian Cajuns Says:
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