I Said the Wrong thing in Scotland 

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😂😂😂 She was in character and telling you that “in Scotland, everyone believes the Unicorn is real” was part of the period belief and not what us modern day Scots believe 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Being Scots I had a little smile when you described William Wallace as 'having passed away' before Robert The Bruce defeated the English at Bannockburn. His death by execution was 'Hanged Drawn & Quartered' which you may like to look up and decide that 'passed away' was a tad mild description.

Oh tut tut Tony! 😂 We’re a proud bunch when it comes to our monsters and unicorns. But I’m surprised she didn’t say that the unicorn is our National animal. You’ll be forgiven though, trust me 😂

😂 I think you were introduced to the Scottish Matriarchal sense of humour! The women of that beautiful land love nothing better than making sure the males know their place, I have experienced it all my life 😂

I'm so proud of my wee country. I have heard so many times that strangers come here and feel at home; you are. We Scots are renowned for our friendliness. Welcome!

My son was an archaeologist working on the restoration of the castle. It was fascinating hearing about it. It’s a beautiful castle. We do love our Unicorns. Once you know they are the National Animal you’ll notice they are everywhere in Scotland, from ancient carvings, paintings and on banners. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦄

By the way the Unicorn is the national animal of Scotland and the dragon is the Welsh national animal. You gotta believe!

Hello Tony! There are not enough words to express to you how grateful and appreciative we are for allowing us to follow you on your exciting cruises. We look so forward to your updates!! Not to mention how your humor and singing, sprinkled with a little finger poppin and dancing keeps a smile on our faces. Keep ‘em coming and continue to enjoy life!🎉🎉🎉🎉

Mate, she was pulling your pisser and was having a bit of fun with you! 🤣 We Scot's have a pretty dry sense of humour at times, and she was probably said it with a straight face but laughing inside. 😜

Ha ha, I suspect she was just keeping in character but brilliant answer from her !

Ireland & Scotland are high on my bucket list, especially Scotland as it is also in my family heritage. Thank you for sharing your experiences, love the quips of humor in each episode.

Can’t imagine it was a series scolding ! As a Scotsman I thought they were mythical . Glad you seeing Scotland at its best . Weather fantastic - it’s not always this good !

You didn't make the mistake of calling that man's garment with tartan checks and pleats a 'skirt' did you? There's an old Scottish joke: "Kilt! It's what happens to you when you call it a skirt!' 🤣🤣🤣

What an excellent tour. Thank you for sharing it. Beautiful countryside, great history. I do think your "scolding" was a bit tongue-in-cheek. It keeps the romantic notion alive. Great tourist fodder.

Was in the same castle last year, Scotland is absolutely enchanting. So nice to see where my heritage comes from.

Darling, you could never say anthing wrong as far as this Scot is concerned after you pronounced Edinburgh correctly! Nothing winds us up more than Edin-Berg or Edin-burrow! :) lol

You just have to watch out for those wild unicorns in Scotland... 😂 .... and yes Tony B, I said "wow" at the same time you did... That view from the lookout over the land was just beautiful!!!❤

My wife and I did this cruise last year on Princess Cruises and we took a train on our own to Stirling it was one of the highlights of an amazing trip. The people of Scotland could not be nicer and more friendly to chat with. Looks like you are all having a fantastic time as well.

Did you buy a kilt? Beautiful country. .

Tony, thanks for the clip of the choir. My church choir is going to the UK to sing in a few weeks. We have one week at St. Mary’s in Edinburgh and then one week at St. Paul’s in London. Can’t wait to sing in these great cathedrals. Thanks for these wonderful videos of the UK.

I've been to Scotland but never saw that. Have to go back. If you want to get emotional go to Culloden where the highlanders were defeated.

When I saw Don, a small tear came to my eye. Looks like a little ice cream and a teddy will comfort him right now. Thanks again for sharing your adventures and being a solid friend. Love the vid.

Aye,, Bonnie Scotland.. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - Beautiful country,, to walk where others, long ago, fought till the death,, is a privilege and an honour.. 🌷

Hello from Scotland 🙋‍♀️ A fabulous footage of Scotland, you are a natural. First of all im sorry that you were made to feel bad by the actor playing the Queen's maid. She would have been in character , but i personally feel she should have been aware that not everyone understands she is in character. I suppose its the same as Disney characters that stay in character throughout the day. Scotland always will welcome our fellow family members from all over the globe. We love to meet you all. Please return ❤

I moved to Scotland from the north of England 24 years ago, my husband is born and bred in Scotland, we have never heard that the unicorn is real. 😂😂 I’m glad you agree with us that Scotland is a beautiful place. ❤

Well done on an excellent video, on my family's city of Stirling and where I lived for several years as a child, then moved away with my father's career. though returned periodically to visit relatives. The weather was good for you on that day, as can be seen on the views from the Castle. It was a superb trip down Memory Lane for me, so Thank You.

I just love your bus driver! If you are staying in Scotland, you need to look for Scottish tablet, 100% better than fudge. And don’t worry about the scolding, I’m from up there and I thought it was an owl!!! loving this series ❤

Hey Tony, next time you do the New England & Canada cruise and stop in Nova Scotia (Nouvelle-Ecosse in French, both of which translate to New Scotland) it was heavily settled by the Scottish, in particular in the Cape Breton area. By the way, I think you could not see it from your seat but the dude checking bus out after the noise, he enlisted the help of an Unicorn and they actually just pulled y'all back to the dock. He is what I think of when I think Highland Games. 🏋🦄

Ohhh! Stirling is amazing. Thanks for the memories. I totally need to go again, there was so much I wanted to see! Scotland is one of my favorite places on earth. Can't wait to go back.

Tony, loved this video, I grew up just outside South Queensferry and you don't appreciate how beautiful it is until you leave. Glad you had a great time

Tony -really enjoyed your coverage of my home town of Stirling and the history that goes with it.I was brought up in Bannockburn and then moved house with parents to property less than 500 yards from the Robert the Bruce statue. My children often called him ‘the man on the horse’ when they were small. The view out to the ‘cares’ ’ of Stirling is spectacular and so I am glad you captured it on nice day. Safe travels and Haste ye Back to Scotland one day!

Tony- I am also of Scottish decent and made the trip over to Scotland just before the pandemic. I felt the same way you did. There is something special about going back to your homeland that just hits differently than other places visited on vacation. I also visited Sterling and went to the Wallace monument, it was awesome!

I am a Scotswoman A Glaswegian and I have never me t anyone who believes the Unicorn isn’t a Mythical creature 😂. Our Cpu try is phenomenal the History and sights are second to none. I would love to learn Spanish.. Great wee videos .

Tony, a few years ago as we arrived at Loch Ness, touring with our friends from Aberdeenshire, I asked if there was a beach. Upon arrival at a maybe 100 yard (based on Henry I’d arm length) I was able to find 2 pieces of polished Loch glass which I call Nessie’s tears (seaglass being referred to as Mermaid’s tears). My favorite castle is Dunnottar, south of Aberdeen, which has amazing tales of not falling during sieges and the rescue of the Scottish royal jewels. Respecting Scottish traditions and fables from the rest of the world!

Been to Scotland twice, 2nd time for two weeks going to islands & all over Scotland. When your ancestors are from there, it definitely grabs you. 3 sides of ancestors are from Scotland the largest from Aberdeenshire & the 4th from York England. And no have never heard that about unicorns while there. Hope you can dig into your ancestory. Mine go back to the 11th century & it's amazing! That Scotland got to you means you MUST go back. Go to Culloden Battlefield in the highlands & you will never be the same. Great video, Tony!

We did the Stirling Castle at 10:30am and loved our independent tour. It was cool to get a beginning understanding of Scottish history.

Hi Tony. Another amazing stop on an already amazing trip. The views from the lookout were absolutely beautiful!! As always thank you for all you do.

Hey Tony! A truly good interpreter at a historic site will stay true to the beliefs, manners and language of the era. My kids when still children were interpreters at an authentic pioneer village and were schooled in a one-room schoolhouse by a teacher who made them “wash” their hands in puddles in the garden before eating lunch. And they had to stand at their desk when answering a question. He also waved around a paddle just for show.

Thanks, Tony for sharing your tour with us! And some pretty cool souvenirs, and although I am not a unicorn aficionado, that is one impressive unicorn in full battle gear, love it! Must be true that unicorns are/were real if she wasn't pulling your leg!

I understand the connection that you feel. I always knew my Grandparents were born in Scotland, South Uist ,and Benbecula in the outer Hebrides, but when I went there I felt like I was home. Even the personalities of the people matched my own. It was such a great feeling.

Scotlands national animal is the Unicorn, because in myth, The Unicorn was the only animal capable of defeating the Lion (the national animal of England). Count yourself lucky you only got a scolding and not a skelping. Hope you had a great time.

The Unicorns of War was a collaboration between Ludicrous, DMX and Susan Boyle. The photo on the album’s paper sleeve is purported to be an actual photo of a Unicorn.

I live these places all the time as a long term American in Central Scotland. BTW, the unicorn is actually Scotland's national animal! 😊 I thought your question about the griffin was quite fair, no big deal, the eagle didn't look like a realistic eagle after all. Re your guide in Stirling: I have a son named Calum (also spelt Callum). Scottish pronunciation of the 'a' in the name is like 'pal' not 'paul' (some Scottish vowels are pronounced differently than in England).

Born and have always lived in Scotland,a McPherson,we do realise that unicorns are mythical,they are pulling your leg.

I've been following you on this cruise journey and it all looks so interesting I figured it's a cruise I'd maybe like to experience myself. But then you went and did it! You showed me that awesome battle-ready unicorn, which I now need!, and informed me there may actually be unicorns in Scotland! So now I have yet another cruise I absolutely MUST book. Thanks Tony. 🤪

I loved visiting Sterling last year. If you had the opportunity to walk through the rest of the town, it has its cobble stone street, historic grave yard, jail, etc. Thank you for bringing back a fond memory.

Unicorns 🦄 are a special part of Scotlands culture and history. I think most scots have heard stories from grandparents or other elder relatives growing up about them. I like to think the unicorn and its values live in each person that either is from Scotland, of scottish descent or people that have chosen Scotland as there home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Please tell me you haven't gone for the triple & questioned the veracity of the Lop-sided Haggis - one side of its legs are shorter than the other so they can run round the hills 😱 😁

I enjoyed this video the most. It was well put together. Thank you for how hard you work to bring us a lot of information from around the world 🌎. I was told that unicorn 🦄 missed the ship, and the rest is history 😢.

During this cost of living crisis we are in at the moment in Scotland I am finding it increasingly difficult to to keep my unicorns well fed

She did a great job staying in character. I'm 23% Scottish and 47% England/NW Europe myself. When my granddaughters went to Loch Ness and the 6 year old said she saw Nessie. She was the only one who saw Nessie? 😉

0:52 - the Forth Rail Bridge (1880), important as it was, opened up and connected the east coast from Edinburgh through Fife and onwards, rather than routing via the existing network around Stirling - the rest of the country being well served by an established rail system.

Tony, I can relate to your feeling of connection to Scotland. I have ancestors from England and Scotland and felt the same when I visited a few years ago

I grew up in Stirling and we used to get free access to tge castle. When you looked over that wall you saw the house lived in till i left home. Its really interesting to see your reaction to it.

You are on the bucket list trip of a lifetime for us. Both of us are Scottish/Irish/Welsh ancestry (almost 100%) and we've felt the calling to go "home" for decades. I'm so glad you're getting to go experience this and that you're sharing it with us. The Sterling Castle area is so rich with a lot of the history of the country and I didn't realize the look from the gardens was that fabulous. As for the scolding, if she's staying in character, that would be why. Beliefs were different back then, and the fantastical isn't that odd from the time. And, if you go looking, the Scots put them on everything because they became the country symbol, especially for royalty and peerage. We're going to need to look up a trip like this and see if we can afford it (even scheduling it out 3-4 years would work). My husband's going to be very jealous once he gets back with lunch and I share this.

It’s beautiful Tony, thank you for taking us on your adventures

I’m in Scotland now, I’ll be looking out for a unicorn

Of course we have unicorns. How do you think we keep the wild Haggis numbers down? 😀

So cool that you got to see your homeland! I only know from my mom's side, but we are also like 99% European on her side. I would live to go see these places one day!

Oh Tony, you're such a muggle!😂😂 I believe in possibilities😊

I hope the lady who scolded you was doing so in character. If so, she was clearly very good 👍🏻 I can tell you honestly that nobody here in Scotland, thinks that unicorns are, or were at one time, real 😂 I’m guessing we just chose a unicorn to continually mess with people for all time 😂😂😂

Actually you were both right, the giant siberian rhino used to be called a sibeiran unicorn (or uni-horn) but was drawn like a horse with a horn 3900yrs ago when they walked the earth with man, and though it wasn't drawn farting rainbows it was a sacred animal to the indigenous people

Don got a 99! LOL Ok, this is strange because when you said you felt this connection to Scotland, I was yelling because the same thing happened to me on my first trip to Scotland in 1997. You’re more Scottish than I am; I’m about 25%, but I feel a profound connection to Scotland. I’ve never felt that way anywhere else (besides my home of Washington state).

I LOVE hearing beautiful music like that! I'm sure it was AMAZING in a structure like that!

I understand your connection to Scotland - I felt the same way about Gettysburg - our family was able to trace our ancestors back to that time when a regiment of German immigrants joined the Army for the promise of American citizenship. To stand there and know that my relatives were there.....well it's hard to describe the feeling! Safe travels!

Thank you for taking me/us back to Stirling Castle! We were in Scotland a year ago and also four years ago when we saw Stirling Castle. The fudge looks amazing. Did you see tablet? (A brown sugar/fudge like treat). Cool battle unicorn souvenir!

Having grown up on the border of West Virginia, I agree there is a huge Scots and Irish influence there in the language, culture, and music. Someday I will go not Scotland to see for myself.

There is a famous tapestry in Stirling Castle called Hunt the Unicorn and it is thought that unicorns (i.e. a horse-like creature with a horn) may have been hunted to extinction around that period.

I went to both the Robert the Bruce Castle, and the Wallace Monument in 2006. Did you climb the 253 steps up the Monument? Did you see all the huge stain glass Knights that were displayed at each level? Did you take a picture from the top? The view made it all worth it to me!

I drove from London to York to Edenburgh with my brother 45 years ago. Any castles we stopped to see them. At Lincoln Castle he got out and walked right to the back courtyard and was looking at the view which included a cemetery in the shape of a rowboat. I started walking across the courtyard to get to him and as I did I started getting a very ominous feeling that turned into a horrible evil dread. I quickly looked at what he was looking at but couldn’t stop rocking back and forth, I almost started crying. He asked if I wanted to go and I said yes so we did. That’s all we saw of that castle. That’s the only time I ever felt like that in my life.

LOL! You are too logical for Scotland, Tony! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

She was in character as a medieval lady. In Christian thought during those times, the unicorn represents the incarnation of Christ, a symbol of purity and grace. It would have certainly been deemed offensive to call it a mythical creature, and being in character she represented medieval thought. She was also taking the mick and giving you a bit of grief - something that goes over some people’s head if you’re not from the British Isles… We tend to rib people who we like - it’s a British pastime. Take it as a compliment. 😂

From what I recall, the Scots and the Scotr-Irish settled largely in the Appalachian area of the U.S. Millions of years ago Scottland and the U.S. broke away for each other and if you ever see Autumn photos of both regions they look identical. I suppose, then, that Appalachia reminded the Scots of their homeland. The Scots, being a fiercely independent people, have passed that independence down to their decendents in Appalachia to this day.

She wasn’t scolding you honey. Unicorns in Scotland, Leprechauns in Ireland, Dragons on Wales. Just mythical creatures from years gone by and don’t forget she was trying to keep it real for your experience. She may have come across short but it wouldn’t have been meant ❤

Having worked at Bannockburn and Stirling, I can tell you not to worry, she wasn't scolding you in reality. They were performing living history and this can be done in two ways - one is where the person says 'I am dressed as..... and I will be telling you about...' (they can then go in and out of character), the other is where they are basically performing as that character, so they say things that they think would be true to that particular character. So if she's playing a maid from 500 years ago, she'll try to be as authentic as possible to what that maid would say and think (within reason, as some of the language would be archaic now) Although to be fair you would also get guides just having a bit of banter with you and telling you that as a joke. As to the truth about the Loch Ness Monster, the truth is .... we don't know what is and isn't down there, everyone has their own opinions, and we don't want to know beacuase the myth is so much better! It's our version of Big Foot.

I knew I liked you! I am also English/Scottish, not as much as you, but my ancestors on my dad’s side were from TN. We visited TN for the first time a couple of years ago, and I definitely felt a connection to the land. It was weird and awesome at the same time. Have a safe rest of your trip!

Talk to Don. Be gentle with him.😢

Love this story! Im heading to Scotland in August so thank you for sharing your experiences!

I got scolded in Scotland, too! I ordered a single malt Scotch whiskey with soda. They made it clear they wouldn’t serve it that way. Either straight up or on the rocks. Don’t feel bad! I am of Polish descent and visiting Poland felt the same to me. I was surprised to find that people looked Polish! I kept seeing people that looked like family members. BTW, happy to see they still put Flake bars in ice cream cones, Don!

Only the English chancellor of the exchequer believes in unicorns.

I have to say I'm Scottish and we're not all cutting about believing in unicorns! It represents independence. I'm sorry you were scolded I hope it doesn't put you off Scotland x🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I love riding the Unicorn over the Scottish hills its so relaxing with the wind in my hair.

I think most people in Scotland agree that the unicorn is mythical. However it is also the national animal of Scotland. Also notice that it is always shown as chained, even on the English coat of arms. Kind of symbolic of the current fight for independence. You were just unlucky to have touched a raw nerve. By the way, I live about half way between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

OMGGGGG, Tony - I sooo love all your magnet souvenirs, but that unicorn in full armor is truly magnificent!!!

If you want to learn Scottish history read outlander. a lot of history in the series. She really goes into how they lived

I really enjoy these "story" vlogs, excursion vlogs etc from this cruise! It paints a picture of cruising, just like old school vlogs. Loving them!

Miss Jenny isn't going to allow you to travel alone after the fall and then getting in trouble saying the wrong thing lol

Not scolded! British humour. Take the serious tone with a pinch of salt and look for a twinkle in the eye!

Fudge "didn't make it back to the ship." 😂😂😂😊

This has been a very busy cruise for you! You’re like the Energizer Bunny…you just keep going and going and going!!

The Tay rail bridge is the oldest rail bridge in Scotland opened in 1887 .Forth bridge opened in 1890.

If you drink enough Scotch, you will believe in Unicorns, Pink Elephants, fire breathing Dragons, and Nessie....😮

Brilliant, welcome to Scotland

Both my parents born and raised there so I’m Brittish/American! My Cousin went to Uni of Stirling and works as a RN in Stirling Hospital! Tony Clotted cream fudge is my absolute Fav! I’m glad Don and you are enjoying your trip!!

Amazing scenery Tony, looks like an amazing cruise all round , love Unicorns ❤

I'm 50 % Scottish and I have a pet "Unicorn" in my backyard. I thought everyone knew Unicorns were real.

Ah the Forth Bridge, one of my favourite bridges of all time, just a magnificent structure.

Hello to all from Scotland with love and blessings 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I fly over the Forth bridges quite frequently. An interesting fact about the those bridges: 3 bridges cross the same span. Each is of a different construction - Cantilever, suspension, and cable-stayed - and each was built in a different century. I don't know of many places which can make the same claim.