Excursion Scotland With Colin Mairs

Singing a MƒБori love song from Aotearoa New Zealand in the 12th century St OranвАЩs Chapel on the beautifully spiritual Isle of Iona, Scotland.. рЯСЉ
In case you didnвАЩt know, I also guide in New Zealand! Check out our 14 Day NZ adventure here рЯСЙ mondumo.com/tours

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рЯУЄ 1: Our Rick Steves' Europe Tours group, poised and ready to slide into the best spot for our group photograph... рЯУЄ 2: And when it was time, we slid right along in perfect formation рЯС®вАНрЯС®вАНрЯСІрЯС©вАНрЯС©вАНрЯС¶вАНрЯ С¶рЯС®вАНрЯС©вАНрЯСІвАНрЯСІрЯС©вАНрЯС©вА НрЯСІрЯСМрЯПЉ

вАЬHereвАЩs lookinвАЩ at coo kid!вАЭ рЯШЖ рЯРЃ
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When you visit Kilchoman Distillery, you just have to swing by Machir Bay afterwards... So we did! рЯШБ
My toast at the end of the video: вАЬSl√°inte mhath!вАЭ, pronounced вАЬSlanj-e-vah!вАЭ, means вАЬGood health!вАЭ рЯ•Г

If you know anything about scotch whisky youвАЩll know the name ISLAY! Pronounced вАЬeye-lahвАЭ, itвАЩs an island off the west coast of Scotland boasting 8, very soon to be 9, and soon after that 10, active single-malt scotch whisky distilleries! IвАЩve just spent a few days there and itвАЩs absolutely bee-a-utiful! рЯМЄрЯ§ЧрЯМЉрЯ•Г

Rick Steves: вАЬFor 20 years, when making my TV shows, I've enjoyed introducing my on-camera sidekick as "my friend and fellow tour guideвАЭ. I love working with our guides because they are so well connected in their homelands and they are so passionate about teaching and sharing their cultures. They love the TV production gig because, in a way, they're helping lead the biggest tour group imaginable: a viewing audience of millions of travelers on public television.
I just spent a... couple weeks in Scotland, filming three new episodes of Rick StevesвАЩ Europe with Glaswegian (Glasgow-raised) tour guide Colin Mairs. Colin expertly made sure our script was both accurate and full of life: tasting whisky here, stopping for an intimate visit with a hairy coo there. When we needed a bagpiper, Colin helped us hire the best (he played on Downton Abbey). When we needed to film traditional music in a pub, Colin knew just where the fiddles were blazing (MacGregor's). When we needed sheepdog puppies, Colin lined it up. When we needed a joke about sheep droppings, Colin had several ("Skye landmines"вА¶"Haggis eggs").вАЭ
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Full story @ ricksteves.com/tours/guides/colin-mairs Tours @ bit.ly/Scotland-whisky-tour . - - - рЯ•Г - - рЯ•Г - рЯ•Г - рЯ•Г - - рЯ•Г - - - ..

Thanks for this recent review Sidney рЯШК

An interview with tour guide Colin Mairs... вЭУHow did I get into guiding; do I sing on tours; why I commute between #Scotland and #NewZealand; and whatвАЩs so great about #ScotchWhisky? рЯ§ФрЯ•Г вАҐ Interview: ricksteves.com/tours/guides/colin-mairs вАҐ My New Zealand Tours: mondumo.com/tours вАҐ My Scotland Whisky Tour: bit.ly/Scotland-whisky-tour

What does a Scottish tourist guide do on holiday in Germany?
Sing Johnny Cash songs at karaoke in a big Berlin park, of course! рЯШЖ
Sonntags Karaoke im Mauerpark, 19.08.18 рЯЩМ рЯО§

It was a real honour to be interviewed by Dave Broom for coming-soon whisky documentary movie вАЬThe Amber LightвАЭ рЯТ° Regardless of wether or not I make it to the final cut it was a privilege to be even slightly involved рЯША
[Royal Mile Whiskies / Drinkmonger]

Here I am, poised to enter a peat bog with Rick Steves....
Peat has been used for centuries for fueling fires to heat homes on the Isle of Skye. It also plays an important part in determining the final taste profile of Talisker scotch whisky.
... Thanks peat, youвАЩre a really coal guy! рЯШОрЯШВ
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Visiting Speyside Cooperage with Rick Steves.
Very impressive to see the coopers at work and every time I go it gives me an even greater appreciation for the work they do.
Cheers lads! рЯЩПрЯПї рЯ•Г
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Excited for #whiskyfringe in Edinburgh today! Drop me a D.M. if youвАЩre going too and weвАЩll have a D.R.A.M!!! рЯ•ГрЯ•Г

Colin MairsвАЩ Excursion Scotland Whisky Tour 2019! рЯ•Г _________________________________________ ________ Details at: excursionscotland.wordpress.com/10-days-s cotland-whisky-toвА¶/ в≠РпЄПв≠РпЄПв≠РпЄПв≠РпЄПв≠РпЄП

Woop woop!! рЯЩМ рЯШЖ Live session in MacGregor's Pub in Inverness рЯНї Boss-man Bruce MacGregor and friends on the instruments! рЯОї рЯОї рЯОї
{{рЯОµ The tune is called вАЬBig John McNeilвАЭ рЯОґ }}
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Quality stuff! рЯШБрЯСН Connor Fyfe and friends singing Gerry CinnamonвАЩs вАЬDiamonds in the MudвАЭ today on Buchanan Street, Glasgow рЯОµ рЯОґ ________ Lyrics:
... I've got a mate who's a shaman Gets anything you want in no time A weekend at Bernie's Is a few days without any sunshine
I know a right dour-faced b*stard A really nice guy but he hates life He's got sarcastic eyeballs And a tongue that can slash like a lock-knife
These faces I've known Growing up on the streets in the Southside From the hills of the 'milk To the parade in the east end
I remember the change In the accents on the Westside Making money 'til there's no time left to spend It's all b*llshit but we all still pretend
When I was a wean I used to sell puff to make money But we'd smoke all the profit And by Friday it was no longer funny
I know a guy who's a lightweight One or two jars and he's buckled He's the guy that loses keys has to Break into his own house and gets huckled These faces I've known Growing up on the streets in the Southside From the swords in the schemes To the art-school dreams of the town
And when I lie awake in the night time These things I remember Some happy, some sad Bring a smile to my face when I'm down In the Priory or in Sinbad's in Dunoon
I've been all round the world, but There's nowhere compares to my hometown The mayhem of Glasgow is buried deep in my blood And there's no other place where 'a c*nt' might not be a put down It's thirteen degrees and there's folk in the street in the scud
No' the best place, but there's diamonds in the mud No' the best place, but there's diamonds in the mud No' the best place, but there's diamonds
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