The Isle of Skye - My "thin place"

A good friend and coach of mine, Gregg Burch, often uses the term "thin place" to describe natural environments where you can really experience the closeness of God in a natural environment. For me, the Isle of Skye is one of those places. We spent 5 nights here, and I could have stayed much longer.

Prior to entering Skye we made a trip to Eilean Donan - the most photographed castle in the United Kingdom. And it should be amazing and beautiful, because it was rebuilt in the 1930s.

We also stopped at a lovely private garden known as Attadale. If you ever wanted to know what nineteenth century Scottish aristocracy did with their drug money, you can visit Attadale Gardens. The original owners made a tremendous amount of money selling opium oversees and as a result built a small estate. The current owners have really done an amazing job with the landscape. Its always fun to find these places randomly on road trips (see our the gallery below).

Skye is large and the small villages (i.e. and places to eat and drink) are scattered throughout the island. Thankfully, we chose a little village called Broadford. It was a great place. We had great local restaurants, a local coop for food, a post office, and stores. We couldn't have asked for a cuter cottage too. Piper's Cottage was within walking distance to the water and restaurants - a perfect location. We felt so local when we did our laundry and hung the clothes on the clothesline outside. Check out the cottage below.