On the way to Scotland

Last fall I was in Scotland, a sort of road trip actually, started from southern England to almost the northernmost point of Scotland, Inverness.
The first stop was Stratford-upon-Avon, a medieval town on the Avon River where the great writer of English literature, William Shakespeare, was born.

After seeing the Shakespeare Museum, we walked along the river and found the Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm. It is the largest butterfly farm in the world, with a spectacular variety, basically, there it's the butterflies heaven on earth.

All butterflies are left free and if you are lucky and a little bit talented (not my case) you can make some great pictures. And they're not just butterflies here, there are some birds, a mini-cascade that flows into a pool with a few varieties of fishes. In the Caterpillar room, you can see insects, caterpillars and butterflies eggs.

Insect City is another section with beetles and cockroaches, and somewhere above your head, you can see some 'passers-by' (I do not know how else to say) ants. That moment I thought that all those ants will fall over my head. Another section here is 'mini beast' with snails and crabs.

The Arachnoland room hosts over 15 spider species from black widows to tarantula, also the largest spider species in the world, the Goliath birdeater. Arachnoland also includes a collection of scorpions, including Imperial Scorpions that shines in the dark.

The road to Scotland is very long so we spent a night in Manchester and the next, day after breakfast, we went to Glasgow with a stop in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Newcastle upon Tyne is a university town on the Tyne River in northeastern England, which retains, for the most part, a narrow medieval structure of narrow streets that can be crossed only on foot - somewhat contradictory to the modern Sandhill and Quayside buildings on the river shore.

On the evening we arrived in Glasgow, and the next day, we visited a little bit the area close to the hotel, BBC Scotland headquarters, the Pacific Quay area, and the Glasgow Science Center.

Located on the Clyde River, Glasgow is Britain's largest seaport. It's a city to visit if you get to Scotland, even if it's raining or it's cold (as it was our case).

Next Edinburgh și Scotland Highlands. Stay tuned!