>> male announcer: WELCOME TO TRAVELSCOPE, WITH JOSEPH ROSENDO, WHERE EACH WEEK, YOU JOIN US AS WE ACCEPT THE WORLD'S INVITATION TO VISIT.

>> Rosendo: TODAY ON TRAVELSCOPE, I DON MY TARTAN AND JOIN THE SCOTTISH CLANS FOR A BIT OF CULTURE AND FUN AT SCOTLAND'S HIGHLAND GAMES.

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>> Rosendo: SCOTLAND'S BEEN A PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR MORE THAN 300 YEARS, YET IT'S MANAGED TO MAINTAIN ITS DISTINCT CUSTOMS, CULTURE, AND CHARACTER.

JOIN ME AS I JOIN THE CLANS FOR SOME SCOTTISH FUN AND GAMES.

I BEGIN MY SCOTLAND ADVENTURE IN GLASGOW, WHERE I GET AN INTRODUCTION TO ALL THINGS SCOTTISH FROM MY VERY SCOTTISH GUIDE, KEN HANDLEY.

>> WELCOME TO SCOTLAND, JOSEPH.

>> Rosendo: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU HEARD THE BAGPIPES?

>> Rosendo: I HAVE HEARD THEM.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY ONE?

>> Rosendo: I SURELY WOULD.

>> LET'S DO IT.

>> Rosendo: AT THE NATIONAL PIPING CENTER, SCOTLAND'S CRADLE OF PIPING, EVEN THE UNINITIATED CAN GIVE THE PIPES A TRY.

>> JOSEPH, THIS IS FINLAY MACDONALD.

IF HE CAN'T TEACH YOU BAGPIPES, NOBODY CAN.

>> Rosendo: ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD LUCK, FINLAY.

WHEN I THINK OF BAGPIPES, I THINK AUTOMATICALLY OF SCOTLAND.

WERE THE SCOTS THE FIRST TO PIPE?

>> UM...I CAN'T REALLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

>> Rosendo: NO?

>> I ALWAYS KIND OF TAKE THE ANALOGY--IT'S LIKE BREAD.

WHO INVENTED BREAD?

NO ONE REALLY KNOWS.

>> Rosendo: BUT THE FRENCH MADE CROISSANTS, SO IT'S A MATTER OF, THERE'S BREAD, AND THERE'S BREAD.

>> EXACTLY, YEP.

SO YOU'RE GONNA GIVE IT A TRY?

>> Rosendo: YEAH, I'M GONNA GIVE IT A TRY.

LET ME GIVE IT A TRY.

>> OKAY, SO IF YOU HOLD YOUR LEFT SHOULDER LIKE THIS.

>> Rosendo: OKAY.

>> YEP.

>> Rosendo: OKAY.

THIS GOES UNDER?

>> UNDER YOUR ARM.

YEP.

>> Rosendo: OKAY.

>> AND YOU WANT THIS HAND TO JUST HOLD THERE.

YEP, THAT'S FINE.

>> Rosendo: SO THIS WOULD BE HERE ULTIMATELY.

LET'S NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT, RIGHT?

>> LET'S WORRY ABOUT THAT LATER, YEAH.

SO NOW YOU WANT TO FILL THE BAG AND THEN PUSH THE BAG RIGHT UNDER YOUR ARM.

YEP, SO IF YOU PUT THIS HAND HERE-- [droning bagpipe tones] >> Rosendo: DO WHAT?

>> JUST PUT THIS HAND 'ROUND HERE--I'LL HOLD THEM--TO PUSH THE BAG UP.

YEP.

THIS HAND HERE.

[droning bagpipe tones] TRY AND GET AROUND THE ARM.

BLOW A BIT HARDER AND SQUEEZE.

[dissonant bagpipe drone] THERE YOU GO.

♪ ♪ ARE YOU GONNA COLLAPSE?

>> Rosendo: I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

IF I PASS OUT HERE-- I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ABLE TO DO THAT.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO PRACTICE BREATHING.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

>> Rosendo: LET ME LET YOU DO IT.

[droning bagpipe music] ♪ ♪ >> NEXT STOP, JOSEPH, THE WILLOW TEA ROOM.

NOT YOUR TYPICAL TEA ROOM, LET ME TELL YOU.

>> CAN I JUST POUR YOU SOME TEA?

>> Rosendo: ABSOLUTELY, ANNE.

>> THIS IS OUR SPECIAL BLEND FOR THE WILLOW TEA ROOM, SO THIS IS THE WILLOW BLEND TEA, AND IT'S A MIXTURE OF ASSAM AND CEYLON.

>> Rosendo: AND IS THIS NORMALLY WHAT YOU HAVE FOR PEOPLE FOR TEA?

>> WELL, YOU CAN COME IN, AND YOU CAN JUST HAVE TEA AND SCONES, OR YOU CAN HAVE OUR SPECIALITY, WHICH IS OUR AFTERNOON TEA.

THIS IS SERVED ALL DAY.

ALWAYS BEEN VERY, VERY POPULAR.

I REMEMBER GOING WITH MY GRANDMOTHER.

>> Rosendo: [laughs] THAT'S KIND OF A THING THAT WOMEN DO WITH THEIR DAUGHTERS, YES?

YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD TEAS IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT SETTINGS IN MANY COUNTRIES BUT NEVER IN A TEA ROOM LIKE THIS.

MOSTLY, THEY'VE BEEN VERY VICTORIAN, HEAVY WOODS AND FABRICS, AND THIS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN ANY SETTING I'VE EVER HAD TEA IN.

>> YEP, THIS WAS DESIGNED BY CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH, AND IT WAS JUST AT THE END OF THE VICTORIAN ERA, AND AS YOU COME IN THE FRONT DOOR, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S LOTS OF LIGHT.

MACKINTOSH LOVED LIGHT.

>> Rosendo: THE COLORS WERE AMAZING TOO.

>> YEAH, AND HE USED A FANTASTIC COLOR, WHICH--HE'S USING THIS SORT OF LILAC COLOR, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE THISTLES AND THE HEATHER AND THE LAVENDER THAT'S ALL GROWN IN SCOTLAND.

>> Rosendo: VERY, VERY SCOTTISH.

>> IT IS VERY SCOTTISH.

>> Rosendo: AND WAS THIS THE ONLY TEA ROOM THAT HE DID, OR-- >> NO, NO, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT MACKINTOSH DID THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, ALL INSIDE, AND EVEN DOWN TO THE CUTLERY.

>> Rosendo: WOW, THE ONLY THING HE DIDN'T DO WERE THE SCONES-- >> NO, HE DIDN'T DO THEM.

NO, NO, NO.

>> Rosendo: THAT WAS PROBABLY A GOOD THING.

>> YEAH.

>> Rosendo: THERE'S PLENTY OF DRINKS STRONGER THAN TEA IN GLASGOW, AND I BEGIN MY RESEARCH AT SLOAN'S, WHICH DATES BACK TO 1797.

>> SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT LAGERS, BUT WE HAVE A GOOD, LIKE, PROPER LOCAL LAGER AT THE MOMENT.

WE'VE GOT TWO GLASWEGIAN ALES: GOLDIHOPS AND DARK MOOR.

I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE TO TRY.

>> Rosendo: OKAY, TERRIFIC.

SO WE GET HAVE AN ASSORTMENT OF SOME OF THE LOCAL ALES, AND ONE THING I SUGGEST TO YOU WHEN YOU COME TO ANY OF THE COUNTRIES THAT REALLY LOVE BEER AND KNOW HOW TO MAKE BEER, TRY WHAT THEY CALL IN GREAT BRITAIN REAL ALE.

>> OKAY, THIS IS-- >> Rosendo: SO WHAT'S THIS?

>> GOLDIHOPS.

>> Rosendo: GOLDIHOPS.

>> YEAH.

>> Rosendo: YOU KNOW, I'M MOSTLY A WINE DRINKER, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE REALLY GOOD BEER, YOU CAN ALMOST TASTE IT LIKE YOU DO WINE.

IT'S AMAZING.

THAT'S REALLY NICE.

>> AND THAT'S THE DARK MOOR.

>> Rosendo: AND THIS IS THE DARK.

SO THIS IS MORE OF DARK-- OH.

WELL, YEAH, I THINK I LIKE THIS ONE.

>> GOLDIHOPS?

WOULD YOU LIKE PINT OR JUST A HALF-PINT?

>> Rosendo: JUST A LITTLE HALF-PINT.

THAT WOULD BE NICE, THANK YOU.

IN A GLASGOW PUB, YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT THE BREWS BUT ALSO ABOUT THE PEOPLE.

>> I THINK BECAUSE IT'S SO MANY DIFFERENT CULTURE IN GLASGOW-- GETS SO MANY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.

LIKE, I'M INTERNATIONAL STUDENT-- >> WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

>> I'M FROM POLAND, AND I THINK THAT'S MAKING GLASGOW SO COSMOPOLITAN, BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT CULTURES.

WE'RE MIXING TOGETHER, AND I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT IN GLASGOW.

>> Rosendo: WELL, THAT'S GREAT.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE REAL ALE, AND WHAT DO I OWE YOU?

>> IT'S £1.50, PLEASE.

>> Rosendo: OLLIE, WHY IS IT CALLED THE "DRUM AND MONKEY"?

>> IT'S A NAVAL TERM.

IT REFERS TO THE CANNONS THEY USED TO USE ON THE OLD BOATS.

>> Rosendo: BUT THIS WASN'T A NAVAL-- >> NO, NO, NO.

THIS WAS A BANK.

IT WAS A BANK FOR YEARS.

>> Rosendo: IT'S A BANK.

HOW'S IT DOING AS A PUB?

>> MUCH BETTER THAN IT DID AS A BANK.

MUCH BETTER.

>> Rosendo: WELL, LISTEN, WHAT IS IT ABOUT GLASGOW THAT MAKES IT A SPECIAL PLACE?

>> THE PEOPLE.

>> Rosendo: THE PEOPLE?

>> YEAH, PEOPLE.

THEY'RE ALWAYS UP FOR A GOOD TIME.

>> WE ACCEPT ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE IN GLASGOW.

>> Rosendo: EVEN PEOPLE FROM CALIFORNIA?

>> OH, ABSOLUTELY, YEAH.

>> Rosendo: WHICH IS GOING AWAY, SO I MUST SAY, THAT'S REALLY SHOWING SOME TOLERANCE.

THAT'S TERRIFIC.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IN SCOTLAND, YOU SAY SLAINTE.

IT MEANS "TO YOUR HEALTH."

SO SLAINTE.

>> all: SLAINTE.

>> Rosendo: FROM GLASGOW, KEN AND I TRAVEL UPCOUNTRY TO INVERARY TO CELEBRATE THE CAMPBELL CLAN'S YEARLY HIGHLAND GAMES.

>> YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING, SINCE WE'RE HERE IN INVERARY FOR THE HIGHLAND GAMES, IT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC FOR YOU TO BE PART OF THAT, BUT TO BE EVEN MORE A PART OF THE CULTURE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOU WEARING THE KILT?

>> Rosendo: OH, I'D LOVE TO.

WOULD IT BE ALL RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE WOULD CONSIDER IT TO BE A REAL HONOR FOR YOU TO WANT TO WEAR THE KILT.

>> Rosendo: GREAT.

>> THIS IS SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRESS.

THE KILT IS STUART OF APPIN.

>> Rosendo: I HOPE I'M NOT GOING TO UPSET THE CAMPBELLS.

>> NO, I DON'T THINK YOU'LL UPSET ANYBODY, AND YOU'LL BE WALKING TEN FEET TALL WEARING THIS KILT.

>> Rosendo: OH, I FEEL LIKE I'M ALL READY TO MEET THE DUKE.

>> OKAY, LET'S DO THE GAMES.

>> Rosendo: PROPERLY KILTED, I HEAD OUT TO INVERARY CASTLE, AN 18TH-CENTURY MASTERPIECE, TO MEET THE 13TH DUKE OF ARGYLE, THE REST OF THE CAMPBELL CLAN, AND FOR SOME SERIOUS SCOTTISH FUN AND GAMES.

>> I MEAN, HIGHLAND GAMES IS A VERY OLD TRADITION IN SCOTLAND, BUT THE GAMES HERE IN INVERARY HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE FOR JUST OVER 100 YEARS, AND IT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT WE HOLD ON THE THIRD TUESDAY IN JULY EVERY YEAR, AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND TO SHOWCASE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO IN SCOTLAND.

>> Rosendo: WELL, I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF SPORTING-TYPE EVENTS TO IT, BUT IT'S REALLY A CULTURAL EVENT.

WHAT WAS THE HISTORY OF THE HIGHLAND GAMES?

>> TRADITIONALLY, IT WAS FOR THE CLAN CHIEF TO TEST HIS WARRIORS AND FOR HIS WARRIORS TO SHOW THEIR PROWESS, THEIR STRENGTH, AND THE CAMPBELL CLAN WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND STRONGEST FAMILIES IN SCOTLAND AND HAS A FEARSOME REPUTATION GOING THROUGH THE AGES, AND IT'S A GREAT PRIVILEGE FOR ME TODAY TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME PEOPLE AND CAMPBELLS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

[patriotic bagpipe music] ♪ ♪ >> Rosendo: NOW, IF I THOUGHT I COULD DO THESE THINGS, COULD I GET INTO THAT TODAY?

COULD I, YOU KNOW--CAN ANYBODY JUST COME AND BE PART OF-- >> YEAH, YOU COULD-- YES, WHY NOT?

>> Rosendo: YOU MAY REGRET IT LATER, BUT YOU COULD-- >> YOU COULD, YES.

WELL, WHEN YOU SEE THE SIZE OF THE GUYS THAT COMPETE, YOU REALIZE THAT THERE'S QUITE A BIT TO SHIFTING THESE WEIGHTS.

>> [yelling] >> [yelling] >> [yelling] >> Rosendo: TELL ME, HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN THIS?

>> I GREW UP WATCHING IT.

I WAS A HUSKY YOUNG FELLOW, SO IT SEEMED TO FIT.

ALL THE EVENTS ARE SUCH A CELEBRATION OF SCOTTISH CULTURE.

I MEAN, JUST TO GET THE CHANCE TO WEAR THE TARTAN-- I WEAR THE MCNEAL TARTAN-- IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

NOVA SCOTIA HAS SUCH A RICH SCOTTISH LINK.

>> Rosendo: YES.

>> AND, YOU KNOW, TO CELEBRATE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS, IT WAS FANTASTIC.

>> Rosendo: AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS.

THERE'S MORE GENTEEL THINGS GOING ON.

>> WELL, THERE'S THE WRESTLING AS WELL, WHICH IS A HIGHLAND TYPE OF WRESTLING.

IT'S MORE JUST TO GET YOUR OPPONENT ON THE GROUND.

IT'S ALL DAY.

IN FACT, THEY'VE ACTUALLY STARTED BEFORE THE GAMES OFFICIALLY HAVE STARTED JUST TO GET THROUGH THE NUMBERS.

[whistle toots] >> Rosendo: KENNY, THIS IS REALLY GREAT.

HOW MANY OF THESE HIGHLAND GAMES DO THEY HAVE IN SCOTLAND?

>> THIS TIME OF YEAR, PROBABLY EVERY WEEKEND.

VERY POPULAR.

>> Rosendo: VERY POPULAR.

I MEAN, I REALLY CAN SEE THE CONNECTION TO THE HERITAGE.

THE WEATHER HAS KIND OF COOPERATED.

IT'S BEEN SOMETIMES GOOD FOR US, AND WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN.

>> YEAH, WELL, JOSEPH, TODAY'S RAIN IS TOMORROW'S WHISKEY, YOU KNOW.

>> Rosendo: HEY, I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT.

OF COURSE.

AND I SEE HOW WELL THE SCOTS HAVE ADAPTED TO RAIN, AND THESE LITTLE DEVICES ARE GREAT, KEEPING PEOPLE DRY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

MOM AND DAD AND THE GRANDPARENTS WATCH THE YOUNGSTERS DANCING, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON OVER HERE.

[lively bagpipe music] >> IN THE PAST, IT WAS MEN.

IT WAS TRADITIONALLY MEN, BUT NOW THE DANCES-- THE DANCES IS NOW TAKEN OVER BY PROBABLY MAINLY FEMALES NOW.

>> Rosendo: OKAY.

RIGHT.

>> Rosendo: THERE'S DANCING, PIPING, RUNNING, AND THROWING.

YET THE MOST ELEVATED EVENT OF THE HIGHLAND GAMES IS THE CABER TOSS.

>> A BIT OF TOUGH ONE TODAY IN THE CABER.

UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T GET TO QUALIFY.

>> Rosendo: OH.

>> YEAH, IT WAS QUITE A BIG CABER.

>> Rosendo: YOU TILT IT BACK ON YOU, AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT MOMENT WHERE YOU HAVE TO-- >> THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU RUN WITH IT, AND AS YOU START TO FEEL IT COME OFF YOUR SHOULDER, THEN YOU HAVE TO PULL UP FOR ALL YOU'RE WORTH.

>> Rosendo: TELL ME ABOUT THIS THING.

I MEAN, THIS LOOKS PREHISTORIC.

>> YEAH, WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORIES IS, IT MUST HAVE BEEN A DRUNKEN DARE FROM A FEW CENTURIES AGO.

>> Rosendo: YEAH, IT PROBABLY WAS.

>> SO IT WAS A GOOD TUNE-UP FOR THE WEEKEND.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP'S IN A FEW DAYS, SO THAT'S THE BIG ONE.

>> Rosendo: WELL, ANY DAY IN SCOTLAND, I GUESS, IS A GOOD DAY, RAIN OR SHINE?

>> EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

>> Rosendo: WELL, THEY LET US INTO THE SPONSOR'S TENT, BECAUSE IT'S RAINING OUTSIDE HERE AT THE HIGHLAND GAMES, BUT I KNOW THAT TODAY'S RAIN COULD BE TOMORROW'S WHISKEY, YOU TOLD ME.

>> ABSOLUTELY, JOSEPH, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

>> Rosendo: WHAT?

>> TODAY'S RAIN COULD BE TODAY'S WHISKEY.

>> Rosendo: OH, REALLY?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> Rosendo: OH, LOOK AT THIS.

HA, THAT'S COOL.

>> AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

IF THERE'S A DOWNPOUR, YOU CAN GET MORE.

>> Rosendo: OH, MY GOSH.

WELL, THAT'S NOT FAIR.

THAT'S YOURS?

THIS IS MINE?

>> THIS IS MINE.

>> Rosendo: OH, OKAY.

WELL, LET'S TASTE SOME THEN.

>> OKAY, CHEERS, SLAINTE.

>> Rosendo: CHEERS, SLAINTE.

NOW THAT I'VE WET MY WHISTLE WITH A DRAM OF SCOTTISH TRADITION, I FERRY OVER TO THE ISLE OF ARRAN TO GET TO THE SOURCE OF THE MATTER.

>> THERE'S 150 YEARS SINCE THE PERNOD-RICARD STARTED IN IRELAND, SO IN 1995, THIS DISTILLERY WAS STARTED UP.

>> Rosendo: AND WE'RE STARTING AT THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE WATER, ISN'T IT?

>> IT'S PURE WATER.

THERE'S NO PEAT IN IT, BECAUSE WE--THE IRELAND MALT IS AN UN-PEATED MALT, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US THAT THE WATER HAS GOT NO PEAT IN IT.

>> Rosendo: WELL, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

WELL, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SETTING TO INSPIRE YOU TO MAKE AND DRINK WHISKEY.

LET'S GO SEE HOW YOU MAKE IT INSIDE.

>> RIGHT.

LET'S GO.

SO HERE WE ARE WITH OUR SECOND INGREDIENT.

THIS IS OUR MALTED BARLEY, AND IF YOU--WE TEST IT OUT.

YOU'LL FIND IT SWEET, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'VE CREATED IN THERE IS SUGARS.

>> Rosendo: MMM, YEAH, IT IS SWEET.

>> WHEN IT'S MALTED.

IT IS SWEET.

>> Rosendo: IT'D MAKE GREAT CEREAL.

>> YES.

>> Rosendo: THIS IS REALLY GREAT, AND WHAT'S THIS HERE?

>> THIS IS GRIST.

WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO WITH THE MALTED BARLEY--YOU CAN SEE THE GRAINS THERE.

WE'VE GOT TO OPEN THEM UP SO WE GET ACCESS TO THE SUGARS.

>> Rosendo: FABULOUS.

AND THIS IS THE NEXT STAGE?

>> THAT'S THE NEXT STAGE.

WE GO TO THE MASHING THEN.

SO WE ADD THE GRIST TO WATER IN HERE AT A CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE OF 63.5, AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GET A SUGARY LIQUID WHICH IS CALLED WORT, AND THE WORT, WE COOL IT DOWN TO ABOUT 17, 18 DEGREES TILL IT TURNS--FEED IT TO OUR WASH BACKS WHERE THE FERMENTATION TAKES PLACE, AND OVER THERE, WE ADD OUR FINAL INGREDIENT.

>> Rosendo: WHICH IS?

>> WHICH IS-- >> Rosendo: YEAST.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

>> Rosendo: WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.

>> YES.

>> Rosendo: BECAUSE WITHOUT THE YEAST, YOU CAN'T GET...ALCOHOL.

>> YOU CAN'T GET ALCOHOL.

SO WHAT WE HAVE IS, THE SUGARY WATER COMES OVER HERE.

THE WORT COMES OVER HERE, AND THIS IS OUR YEAST.

>> Rosendo: NOW, WHAT KIND OF YEAST IS THIS?

>> IT'S SPECIALLY CULTURED FOR THE WHISKEY INDUSTRY.

IT'S AN M-STRAIN YEAST, IT'S CALLED.

>> Rosendo: HMM.

OKAY.

>> AND THE YEAST ATTACKS THE SUGARS, AND YOU GET CO2, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE GETTING OUT THERE, AND YOU GET ALCOHOL.

>> Rosendo: YES, THE YEAST IS DOING ITS JOB.

>> SO WE END UP WITH 13,000 LITERS OF AN ALCOHOL STRENGTH OF 8%.

>> Rosendo: 8%?

>> 8%.

WHICH IS MUCH STRONGER THAN YOUR AVERAGE BEER.

>> Rosendo: WELL, WHO THOUGHT ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

>> IT WAS THE MONKS.

>> Rosendo: THE MONKS?

>> THE MONKS.

THE MONKS THAT CAME FROM IRELAND.

RELIGION'S GOT A LOT TO ANSWER FOR.

>> Rosendo: YES, YES, IT DOES.

THIS IS IT.

THIS IS THE-- [hammer pounding] >> THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING ON, JOSEPH.

>> Rosendo: ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE BARREL TASTINGS OF WINE BEFORE, BUT NEVER SCOTCH WHISKEY.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT THE TASTING TECHNIQUE IS THE SAME.

SWIRL IT.

SNIFF IT, AND THEN DRINK IT.

>> JUST ROLL IT 'ROUND YOUR MOUTH.

>> Rosendo: MMM.

>> AND THE WHISKEY THAT WE PRODUCE HERE IS A NICE, SMOOTH, LIGHT WHISKEY, WHICH IS VERY GOOD FOR THE--TO BE INTRODUCED TO WHISKEY, SO IF YOU'RE NOT A WHISKEY DRINKER, YOU'LL REALLY ENJOY ARRAN.

>> Rosendo: I DO.

>> SLAINTE.

>> Rosendo: SLAINTE.

JUST AS YOU CAN'T COME TO SCOTLAND WITHOUT SPEAKING ABOUT WHISKEY, YOU CAN'T COME TO SCOTLAND WITHOUT LEARNING ABOUT ROBERT BURNS.

THE BELOVED 18TH CENTURY POET IS THE NATIONAL BARD OF THE COUNTRY AND IS CERTAINLY MOST CLOSELY CONNECTED TO THE SCOTTISH CHARACTER.

THERE IS A BURNS HERITAGE TRAIL, AND IT BEGINS IN ALLOWAY AT HIS BIRTHPLACE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF BURNS' BIRTH.

WHEN DID HE BECOME FAMOUS AND REALLY BECOME SO MUCH A PART OF SCOTTISH CULTURE?

>> RIGHT UP UNTIL TWO YEARS-- GOING BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS, 1786, HIS FIRST BOOK OF POEMS WAS PUBLISHED, AND THAT WAS A SELLOUT, AND HE BECAME FAMOUS VIRTUALLY OVERNIGHT, SO THAT'S THE START.

THAT'S WHEN IT STARTED.

I GO TO A BURNS SUPPER EVERY YEAR OF 250 MEN AT THE END, AND EVERYONE IS UP ON HIS FEET SINGING HIS HEAD OFF.

PERHAPS THE WHISKEY'S GOT SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> Rosendo: THOSE WHO WISH TO PAY HOMAGE TO BURNS VISIT HIS MEMORIAL IN THE VILLAGE OF ALLOWAY.

INSIDE THE MEMORIAL, THERE'S INFORMATION ON BURNS, HIS POETRY, AND A BUST OF WHICH THE ORIGINAL IS IN POET'S CORNER IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY IN LONDON.

THE MEMORIAL'S ALSO ADJACENT TO BRIG O' DOON, WHICH FEATURES VERY PROMINENTLY IN HIS POEM TAM O' SHANTER.

>> Rosendo: IN BURNS' COUNTRY, YOU CELEBRATE SCOTLAND'S ROMANTIC SOUL.

IN THE CAPITAL EDINBURGH, YOU FEEL THE BEAT OF ITS CULTURAL HEART.

FROM THE TOP OF CARLTON HILL, THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND'S CAPITAL, LIES BEFORE YOU.

FROM HERE, YOU CAN SEE EDINBURGH CASTLE, AND IN FACT, YOU CAN SEE 2,000 YEARS OF HISTORY, FROM THE EARLY SETTLEMENTS WHICH BECAME THE MEDIEVAL OLD TOWN, TO THE GEORGIA NEW TOWN, TO THE VICTORIAN STRUCTURES, AND BEYOND THAT, THE 21ST CENTURY.

EDINBURGH HAS BEEN CALLED THE ATHENS OF THE NORTH, BECAUSE DURING THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT, IT WAS A CENTER FOR ART AND MUSIC, INTELLECTUAL THOUGHT.

TODAY IT STILL REMAINS ONE OF SCOTLAND'S MOST VIBRANT CITIES.

THERE ARE A LOT OF TRADITIONAL DISHES HERE IN SCOTLAND, AND THEY SEEM TO ALL BE ON THE MENU HERE AT CLARINDA'S.

CLARINDA'S IS A TYPICAL TEAHOUSE, AND THEY'RE ALL OVER SCOTLAND, BUT THIS ONE IS REALLY NICE, AND ON THE MENU, THEY HAVE HOMEMADE COCK-A-LEEKIE SOUP AND HAGGIS, NEEPS, AND TATTIES.

I'VE GOT TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT IS.

>> HI, ARE YOU READY TO ORDER?

>> Rosendo: I THINK SO.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT HOMEMADE COCK-A-LEEKIE SOUP IS?

>> COCK-A-LEEKIE, IT'S CHICKEN, VEGETABLES, AND RICE.

>> Rosendo: HOW ABOUT HAGGIS, NEEPS, AND TATTIES?

>> YEP, HAGGIS, NEEPS, AND TATTIES.

HAGGIS IS A SPICY MEAT MADE FROM LAMB.

NEEPS, THEY'RE JUST TURNIP, AND TATTY IS MASHED POTATOES.

>> Rosendo: SOUNDS MUCH BETTER WHEN YOU SAY IT.

>> YEAH.

>> Rosendo: OKAY, I'LL HAVE THAT.

>> OKAY, NO PROBLEM.

>> Rosendo: AFTER LUNCH, IT'S TIME TO HAVE A BIT OF SWEET.

NOW, WHAT KIND OF THINGS DO YOU HAVE HERE AT CLARINDA'S?

>> WE'VE GOT A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS.

>> Rosendo: YEAH.

>> TODAY WE'VE GOT THE SCONES, AND WE'VE GOT A RASPBERRY GATEAU ON AS WELL.

>> Rosendo: OKAY, THAT-- I WAS LOOKING AT THAT.

LOOKS LIKE A MAJOR DESSERT, BUT LET'S GO FOR THAT ONE.

>> OKAY.

>> Rosendo: THE ONLY THING MORE SCOTTISH THAN HAGGIS AND ROBERT BURNS IS THE KILT OR TARTAN.

>> EACH CLAN HAD A DIFFERENT PATTERN, AND THAT'S WHY THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF TARTANS, AND SOME OF THEM LOOK FAIRLY SIMILAR, BUT EACH ONE IS UNIQUELY DIFFERENT, MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S TO RECOGNIZE THE CLAN SO YOU'D SEE IT ON SIGHT.

>> Rosendo: WHEN PEOPLE WALK DOWN THE STREET, YOU SEE SOMEBODY WEARING A KILT, A TARTAN, YOU CAN SAY, "OH, THAT GUY'S A CAMPBELL," OR, "THIS-- HE'S FROM HERE."

CAN PEOPLE DO THAT?

>> YOU CAN, BUT SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS, PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR OWN TARTAN, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT NICE.

IT MIGHT BE BRIGHT YELLOW.

IT MIGHT BE QUITE A GARISH TARTAN, SO THEN WHAT THEY'LL DO IS, THEY'LL JUST CHOOSE A TARTAN THEY LIKE.

IF YOU THINK, IT'S £700, £800 AT LEAST FOR AN OUTFIT.

YOU WANT TO CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE.

>> Rosendo: HOW MANY DIFFERENT TARTANS ARE THERE?

HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF-- >> PROBABLY ABOUT AT LEAST 3,000 THAT ARE PUBLICLY REGISTERED.

NOT ALL OF THE TARTANS ARE PRODUCED, BUT ON THE REGISTER, THERE ARE ABOUT 3,000.

>> THIS ONE ACTUALLY IS NOT FROM MY FAMILY TARTAN, BUT IT WAS JUST--IT WAS A NICE FINISHED PRODUCT THAT HE SHOWED ME OFF, 'CAUSE I WANTED TO SEE THE PLEATS IN THE BACK TO SEE HOW THEY HANG.

>> Rosendo: NOW, DID YOU COME ALL THE WAY TO SCOTLAND JUST TO BUY A KILT?

>> NOT JUST TO BUY A KILT, NO.

WE'RE ACTUALLY HERE FOR THE CLAN GATHERING THAT'S ON SUNDAY.

>> Rosendo: IT'S A MOMENTOUS OCCASION WHEN ALL THE CLANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE COME TOGETHER.

>> YEAH.

>> Rosendo: WELL, HAVE A GREAT TIME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Rosendo: NIGHT MUST FALL, AND TOMORROW'S DAWN BRINGS THIS YEAR'S GATHERING OF THE CLANS.

[upbeat rock music] ♪ ♪ >> [yelling] >> [yelling] >> THIS IS REALLY THE PURPOSE OF MY TRIP OVER HERE, THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, SO WE'VE GOT REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

IT'S TRULY, YOU KNOW, A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF THE BEST THROWERS.

>> Rosendo: OKAY, SO, NOW, HOW DO YOU DO THIS THING?

>> WELL, IT'S THROWN WITH ONE HAND JUST AGAINST THE NECK.

SO ARE YOU RIGHT-HANDED?

>> Rosendo: YES, I AM.

>> YEAH, SO YOU'LL TAKE IT.

I USUALLY TAKE THE FLAT SIDE.

PUT YOUR HAND AGAINST IT.

>> Rosendo: OKAY.

>> AND THEN IT GOES RIGHT UP AGAINST THE NECK.

NOW, THERE'S ANOTHER RULE I FORGOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT.

>> Rosendo: OH.

>> IF YOU'RE GONNA THROW IT, YOU HAVE TO YELL.

>> Rosendo: YOU HAVE TO-- OKAY.

HERE WE GO.

[grunts] >> WOW.

YOU KNOW, WHERE IT ROLLS LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

>> Rosendo: WHAT WAS THAT, ABOUT SEVEN FEET?

THE ROLL WAS GOOD.

HOW FAR DO YOU THROW THAT?

>> I'VE DONE 54 FEET WITH THAT.

IT'S A GOOD EVENT FOR ME.

>> Rosendo: 54 FEET?

THAT'S ABOUT FIVE TIMES AS FAR AS I'VE THROWN IT.

>> THANKS FOR COMING.

APPRECIATE IT.

>> Rosendo: GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> IT'S INTERESTING.

YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, OUR YEAR OF HOMECOMING, THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF ROBERT BURNS, SOMETHING WHICH, BY DEFINITION, HAPPENS ONCE EVERY 250 YEARS, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO BE CELEBRATING, BUT IT EXEMPLIFIES THE SORT OF KEY ASPECTS OF SCOTLAND: ROBERT BURNS HIMSELF, THE CELEBRATION OF HIS HERITAGE AND POETRY, A CELEBRATION OF SCOTCH WHISKEY, VERY IMPORTANT.

>> Rosendo: MM-HMM.

>> BUT ALSO THE GENERAL SCOTTISH CULTURE AND HERITAGE THAT YOU SEE EXEMPLIFIED HERE WITH 140 CLANS CELEBRATING THEIR ROOTS.

AND I THINK WHAT WE OFFER IN SCOTLAND IS, YOU CAN BE-- NOT JUST SEE THE LANDSCAPE.

YOU CAN BE PART OF THE CULTURAL TRADITION OF THE COUNTRY.

I MEAN, WHERE ELSE COULD YOU-- YOU COME TO SCOTLAND, AND THERE YOU ARE RESPLENDENT.

SO YOU'RE NOT JUST-- >> Rosendo: "RESPLENDENT"?

>> YEAH, YOU'RE NOT JUST WATCHING THE EXPERIENCE.

YOU'RE ACTUALLY A PART OF THIS EXPERIENCE.

>> Rosendo: THIS IS THE TRADITIONAL WAY TO SMOKE HADDOCK?

>> YES, THIS IS THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DONE.

>> Rosendo: WHAT DO YOU SMOKE IT WITH?

>> IT'S HARDWOOD LOGS, MOSTLY OAK AND BEECH.

>> Rosendo: OAK AND BEECH.

>> AND THEY COOK ON THERE FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES.

INSIDE THERE, YOU HAVE A HARDWOOD LOG FIRE, BUT IT'S NOT MUCH OF A FIRE AT THE MOMENT, BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENED IS, THE WATER AND THE JUICE, DRIPPING OF THE FISH, RUN IN THE HOT EMBERS, MAKING LOTS OF STEAM AND SMOKE.

IT'S A VERY, VERY MOIST COOK, SO THEY COME OUT ALL LOVELY AND JUICY.

>> Rosendo: LOOK AT THAT.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

>> Rosendo: BEAUTIFUL.

>> ALL THAT WHITE FLESH.

>> Rosendo: OH, MY GOD.

IT'S WONDERFUL.

THAT IS REALLY GREAT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S VERY POPULAR.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE FOOD HERE IN SCOTLAND.

IS THERE ANY KIND OF THING YOU HAD THAT YOU REALLY PARTICULARLY LIKED?

>> WE HAD HAGGIS.

>> Rosendo: DID YOU?

>> AND IT WAS--IT WAS-- IT WAS NOT BAD.

>> Rosendo: IT WAS NOT BAD.

>> IT WAS NOT SOMETHING-- >> Rosendo: SEE HOW POLITE THEY ARE IN ALABAMA?

>> BUT FROM THE SOUTH, WE PREFER GRITS.

>> Rosendo: YOU WERE TELLING ME, WHAT DOES "GRITS" STAND FOR?

>> UM... >> GIRLS-- >> "GIRLS RAISED IN THE SOUTH."

>> Rosendo: "GIRLS RAISED IN THE SOUTH."

SO I'VE GOT TWO GIRLS HERE RAISED IN THE SOUTH THAT HAVE JOINED THE GATHERING HERE IN EDINBURGH.

>> AROUND THE WORLD, VOLUNTEERS ARE RUNNING HIGHLAND GAMES, INVOLVING THEMSELVES IN PIPE BANDS, WHICH, IN A WAY, GIVES US QUITE A DISTINCT IDENTITY APART FROM MANY OF OUR EUROPEAN NEIGHBORS, ALL OF WHOM HAVE VERY, VERY SIMILAR ORIGINS.

>> Rosendo: YES, WELL, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO COME HERE AND BE A PART OF THIS AND HAVE IT REALLY BE OUR LAST DAY HERE IN SCOTLAND.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE CREME DE LA CREME, THE LITTLE COUP DE GRACE FOR OUR ADVENTURES HERE IN SCOTLAND.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> ALL THE BEST.

[patriotic bagpipe music] ♪ ♪ >> Rosendo: IN TIMES GONE BY, THE WARRING CLANS ONLY CAME TOGETHER FOR MUTUAL PRESERVATION.

TODAY THOUSANDS GATHER AND WALK THE ROYAL MILE IN A SHOW OF LOVE AND PRIDE IN THEIR COMMON ANCESTRY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME ON MY SCOTLAND ADVENTURE.

SCOTLAND IS A SMALL COUNTRY OF FIVE MILLION PEOPLE, ABOUT THE SIZE OF COLORADO, AND ALTHOUGH IT IS SURROUNDED BY OVERWHELMING INFLUENCES AND FORCES, IT'S MANAGED, THROUGH THE CELEBRATION OF TRADITION AND CULTURE, TO RETAIN A VIBRANT NATIONAL CHARACTER.

THE SCOTTISH VALUE HARD WORK, AND YET THEY KNOW HOW TO KICK BACK AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.

THEY PRIZE LOYALTY.

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CLANS AND THOUSANDS OF TARTANS, AND YET THEY ARE PASSIONATELY INDEPENDENT.

THEY'RE SAID TO BE THRIFTY WHEN, IN FACT, THEY ARE ABUNDANTLY GENEROUS WITH THEIR TIME, KNOWLEDGE, AND HOSPITALITY, SO, YES, SCOTLAND IS A SMALL COUNTRY, BUT THE PEOPLE HAVE A LARGE HEART, AND AS YOU'VE SEEN, LARGE ENOUGH TO WELCOME THE WORLD.

UNTIL NEXT TIME, THIS IS JOSEPH ROSENDO, REMINDING YOU OF THE WORDS OF MARK TWAIN: "TRAVEL IS FATAL TO PREJUDICE, BIGOTRY, AND NARROW-MINDEDNESS."

HAPPY TRAVELING.

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>> Rosendo: NOW THAT YOU'VE JOINED THE CLANS IN SCOTLAND, LEARN MORE AT TRAVELSCOPE.NET, WHERE YOU CAN FOLLOW MY WORLDWIDE ADVENTURES THROUGH MY BLOG AND PODCAST.

KEEP IN TOUCH.

NEXT TIME ON TRAVELSCOPE, I TRAVEL ACROSS THE FAIRY CHIMNEYS AND UNDERGROUND CITIES OF CAPPADOCIA, TURKEY'S ARTISTIC, RURAL HEART.

Captioning by CaptionMax www.captionmax.com >> BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

>> Rosendo: WHAT?

>> TODAY'S RAIN COULD BE TODAY'S WHISKEY.

>> Rosendo: OH, YEAH?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> Rosendo: OH, LOOK AT THAT.

BUT I UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A DOWNPOUR, YOU GET MORE.

>> WELL, THERE YOU GO.