Scottish Gaelic has been spoken as an indigenous language in Scotland for thousands of years, and it is as different from English as Japanese is and equally hard to learn. Once spoken in much of Scotland it is incredibly rare these days, spoken by only 1% of Scotland’s population, but I visited the remote Scottish island of Uist where it is still used to see what locals would think of an American tourist speaking this ancient tongue. A big thanks to Ann of www.lovegaelic.com/ for taking me around and you can check out her courses and immersion trips and also James Macletchie from www.igot2travel.com/ who is an amazing tour guide from the Islands (and native Gaelic speaker).

Check out Yoga Hebrides here (beautiful experience): www.instagram.com/yogahebrides
Check out North Uist gin here (delicious!): www.northuistdistillery.com/
Help preserve Eriskay Ponies, the rare native island pony, here: www.instagram.com/eriskaypony_original_society
And check out James’s Instagram here: www.instagram.com/jmacletchiephotography
And a huge thanks to Ally (in addition to Ann) for helping me learn Gaelic! Much appreciated.

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