The Call of Scotland
On Friday, the long-planned journey to Scotland finally begins. In the afternoon, the travel group, consisting of booking master Patrick, driving spec


Published: 17.10.2026
Now we were sitting together at Düsseldorf airport waiting for our flight. What happens when a group of intelligent young people has to wait? They come up with silly ideas and used the latest technology (Chat GPT) to look for potential names for our travel group. Besides charming names, there were also some inappropriate ones, and in the end, we settled on 'the Bagpipes'.
The Bagpipes flew punctually towards Edinburgh and only took 1 hour and 20 minutes before they landed at 7:20 PM. So far so good... what can I say, by 9 PM we were still standing at the luggage belt. Somehow the Scots failed to get the bags from the plane onto the luggage belt. By half past nine, we finally got into an Uber to our accommodation.
Our accommodation is located in the Brunswick district, and our Uber driver released us with the words 'great choice, in the best location'! The apartment is wonderful and clean. We will surely feel comfortable there in the coming days.
Since we were still hungry, but all restaurant kitchens close here at 9/10 PM, we were left with only Pepe’s Piri Piri… the Scottish-Indian KFC… I'll say it this way: we survived 😂
Now we are sitting in a café having breakfast and want to explore the city in the best weather (blue sky, sunshine, 12 degrees) shortly.
