Scotland Day 5

Kim: Today we left Isle of Skye to head Edinburgh.  We stopped first at Eilean Donan castle, the long-time home and residence of the McRae clan (and set of the movie Highlander).

Next we stopped at the small town of Fort Augustus, situated on the Caledonian Canal.  The canal links many of the lakes throughout Scotland, and to Brian’s excitement, one of the lakes next to Fort Augustus is Loch Ness.  He eagerly peered across the lake in search of Nessie and I had to tear him away.

Brian:  I had a brief moment of excitement when I noticed a few humps surface from the water, but after some digital enhancements of the photograph, it was clear I had not seen Nessie -

Kim: We then drove down through the Highlands, stopping at Dalwhinnie, home to Scotland’s highest whisky distillery, and the town of Pitlochry.

Here’s a picture of us with our guide Richard.

When we arrived in Edinburgh, we quickly found our B&B and then headed out for dinner.  This must have been Brian’s lucky day, because we found a Mexican restaurant right around the corner on Thistle St.  I was a little apprehensive at first because we were the only people in the place, but it quickly filled up and it turned out to be pretty good.