{"id":93,"date":"2023-04-21T13:57:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mollybresnahan.me.holycross.edu\/?p=93"},"modified":"2023-04-21T13:57:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:57:58","slug":"the-highlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/2023\/04\/21\/the-highlands\/","title":{"rendered":"The Highlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in November, my parents came to visit me in Scotland. We spent some time in Edinburgh and they visited St Andrews for a day.\u00a0 The real highlight, however,\u00a0 of this visit was going to the Scottish Highlands. We went on a day trip that took us up and around various parts of the Highlands. Our first stop was a farm to see the beautiful hairy cows that are a staple of Scotland.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-93 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/img_6943\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6943-scaled-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Brown Cow behind a fence\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6943-scaled-1.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6943-scaled-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6943-scaled-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6943-scaled-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6943-scaled-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-102'>\n\t\t\t\tHairy Coo!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/img_6942\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6942-scaled-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Black cow behind a fence\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6942-scaled-1.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6942-scaled-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6942-scaled-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6942-scaled-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6942-scaled-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-101'>\n\t\t\t\tHairy Coo Number 2!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We saw picturesque landscapes and villages like Glencoe which is pictured below.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-93 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/img_6956\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6956-scaled-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Mountain Landscape\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6956-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6956-scaled-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6956-scaled-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6956-scaled-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6956-scaled-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6956-scaled-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/img_6962\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6962-scaled-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"house in front of mountains and with a river\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6962-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6962-scaled-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6962-scaled-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6962-scaled-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6962-scaled-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6962-scaled-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-100\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6963-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Mountains and river photographed from a bridge\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We even went up to Loch Ness. I won&#8217;t reveal whether or not we spotted the Loch Ness monster&#8230; you&#8217;ll have to go and see for yourself.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6992.jpg\" alt=\"three people in front of a lake with a cartoon montser in the back\" width=\"960\" height=\"1276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6992.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6992-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6992-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/03\/IMG_6992-768x1021.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">nessie, my parents &amp; I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Seeing my parents and showing them Scotland was so special to me. I hadn&#8217;t been up to the Highlands before this so it was awesome to all experience that together.\u00a0 Although it was months ago, I still think about this trip and week with my parents often and wanted to share it with the blog!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in November, my parents came to visit me in Scotland. We spent some time in Edinburgh and they visited St Andrews for a day.\u00a0 The real highlight, however,\u00a0 of this visit was going to the Scottish Highlands. We went on a day trip that took us up and around various parts of the Highlands. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/2023\/04\/21\/the-highlands\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Highlands&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":595,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/595"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}