American tourists in Scotland

[Sir William]

Look closer at the guys who appear to be wearing dress shoes...you'll probably see that what you assumed was a dress shoe is actually a very, very nice "cowboy" boot.
-Sean

Actually, I did look because I was trying to see how many were wearing boots. Sadly, I saw mostly regular ol' shoes. I did see a few men wearing boots but they were few and far between. Kind of reminded me of trying to find kilted men in Inverness.

(To be fair, I did see quite a few boots worn when I attended a ceremony at the Alamo, but certainly not by a majority.)

My point is that one would expect to see quite a few kilts when in Scotland, just as one would expect to see quite a few cowboy hats and boots when in Texas (or anywhere else in the West). I know from living and traveling around the Western US that many men wear cowboy hats and boots on a daily basis. I didn't see that equivilent in Scotland, not in the Highlands and certainly not in the Borders. I personally like wearing my boots - and I get strange looks from people here in the east, just as I like wearing a kilt, though the Scots are much more polite about not staring.