We’ve all come to our ancestral homeland to visit my daughter, who’s just finished a semester abroad at the University of Aberdeen, here in the northeast of Scotland.
And my mom’s first tee shot at the Devenick course at the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre in Aberdeen, Scotland gets nice air and distance to land – plonk – on the green 10 metres from the hole.Me, my son, Alex, and my dad, Bob, don’t shoot as well and end up with 4s and a 5 on the first hole.In the end, our scores don’t matter.
This round of golf is the kick-off of a multi-generational trip to Scotland for the MacNaull clan, which also includes my wife, Kerry, and our daughter, Grace.We’ve all come to our ancestral homeland to visit Grace, who’s just finished a semester abroad at the University of Aberdeen, here in the northeast of Scotland.
It’s something we rarely get to do with me, my wife and our son living in Kelowna, our daughter in Victoria and my parents in Haliburton, Ont. The second half of our multi-gen romp is spent in Edinburgh, the cosmopolitan and historic capital at the five-star Balmoral Hotel. The Johnnie Walker Experience takes whisky tasting to a whole new level with an immersive, showy and high-tech look at the brand’s history and how the drink is made and enjoyed – yes, there are three cocktails along the way.
Me, my mom and my dad end up at Romanes & Paterson , a tartan, kilt and souvenir shop at 158 Princes St. to dive a bit into our genealogy.
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