You know I've lived in England my whole life and never taken the 4 hour train journey to Scotland...
You're not missing much...
Nah, just kidding - its a nice place to visit, the people you come into contact with as a tourist are lovely, the cities are beautiful (well, Edinburgh, at least... Stirling is nice too, Abredeen... ok... Livingstone, Dunfermline (in fact ALL of Fife, apart from St. Andrews) Glasgow City Centre and Inverness are best left to the wild, wooly locals...)
But for the best experience, go west, as the Pet Shop Boys Sang.. The Isles, Fort William, the beach at Arisaig, the hills, mountains and forests... Of course, the Laphroaig Distillery is not to be missed...
And that was your message from the Scottish Tourist Board...
Of course, Norway is like Scotland, only with better weather and prettier girls... Norsk Aquavit is a good Whiskey substitute too...
I guess I'm in the same boat as Hellkite - Ive traveled around a fair bit, been on 4 out of the six continents, swam in the Med, the Atlantic, the Pacific, the North Sea, the English Channel, (yeah, I don't actually like sea water either...) but nothing gets me like Norway.
Where else in the world can you go to the beach, swim in the sea (Oslo Fjord is awesome in summer) chill out in the park in the beautiful sunshine, and also go skating (on the same body of water - Oslo Fjord is also great in the winter), skiing (Oslo has a large wild area all around it to the north and west) and sledging, all in the same city??
I might not be Norwegian, but I certainly feel more at home here that I have anywhere else...