Loch Ness, castles, forts, and soldiers

[beboots]

Well, now, I know that at the end of my last post I had a very intriguing bit of foreshadowing: I said I was in Inverness, which meant that I'd be soon visiting Loch Ness, with all the exciting implications of monster hunting and cryptozoology inherent therein

Comments

[angelphie]

I'm awful at commenting, but I have been enjoying reading all the details of your trip - it's great that you've been writing in so much detail. I've lived in Scotland all my life and never made it out to any of the islands, so it has made me think about making the effort sometime. And I've never visited Ireland either for that matter.

As for Edinburgh, I've lived there for 18 years - never made it down to Mary King’s Close, which is pretty silly of me, but I think I’ve done pretty well with all the other touristy stuff. I must say I’m feeling fairly anti-tourist at the moment though, since I work just by St Giles Cathedral, and have to listen to the same tour guides' spiels outside my office window several times a day. Not forgetting having to battle through the crowds just to get a sandwich for lunch - I’ll be extra grumpy in festival time!

Enjoy the rest of your adventures ^_^

[sharkflip]

I am greatly enjoying your trip vicariously. As one of the many things I do is train docents, I actually hate visiting a museum and interacting with costumed re-enactors. The magic is missing for me, since instead of enjoying the story I'm evaluating their training and wondering what's gotten "left out" of the public version.

So I'm glad to hear your stories of enjoying these little bits. :D