We took the hop/on/off bus exploring the city. Visited Greyfriars cemetery and saw the little dog statue. Did a Literary Tour and had a great time. Before returning to our hotel we stopped at The Museum of Childhood.

Did a Literary Tour and had a great time. Before returning to our hotel we stopped at The Museum of Childhood.

Tonight we enjoyed an evening of entertainment at Jamie's Scottish Dinner Show.  I did taste the haggis.  

Have an early start to the day tomorrow. Leaving for the airport at 5:30 am.

 From there we toured New Town on our way to the Royal Botanic Gardens.  After our visit to the gardens we visited the Royal Yacht Britannia.

Busy day around the beautiful city of Edinburgh.  First we start our tour of Edinburgh With our tour guide Jenny in Old Town with view of Holyrood Palace on our way to visit Edinburgh Castle.

Edinburg Castle

Crathes Castle has been my favorite castle. It's exactly what you expect a castle to be with winding staircases. The gardens here are wonderful too!

After another 3 hour drive we arrive in Edinburgh were we will stay for the final three nights of our tour.

Had a few minutes to visit Clava Carins before visiting the kiltmaker.

Busy day today.  Started out with a 3 hour drive to Cawdor Castle. What fun to see a castle referenced by Shakespeare in Macbeth. (Even though it was not really Cawdor)

Next after a short drive we arrive at Culloden Battlefield.  I will be the first to admit I am not very aquatinted with Scottish History other than what I have seen on tv or movies.  Was a nice visit.

Cawdor Castle

Culloden Battlefield

Sorry no posting for yesterday. Having a problem publishing it. Still trying.

After a two hour drive we arrive at Dunrobin Castle, home of the Surherlands.  Wow, was worth the drive.  Beautiful place. We got to see a falconry show.  How amazing!

After 1 1/2 hour drive we arrived in Inverness where we will spend the next two nights.

Drive to castle, Dunrobin Castle/grounds

Bird of prey demonstration

After dinner I met Chris Halliday, a genealogist. We met via The Celtic Guide, an online publication. Was very interesting finding out much our countries have in common and our differences.

Roads are marked very clearly here in Scotland. There are also some different signs. We saw an Otter crossing sign, old folks sign. Chris told me there is a sign with ropes and that signifies there are ropes above the road for the red squirrels to cross. Our grey squirrels are really taking over so in an effort to save the red squirrels from being squashed on the road there are ropes for them to cross on.

Wish I would not have been so tired last night when we met. Was really great of Chris to take time away from his family to chat with me.

Another long travel day and no gardens today.  First stop Glengoyne and I can not believe I drank both samples of whiskey. Still shocked. Glengoyne was very nice.

Next stop was a nice cruise on the beautiful Loch Lomond.  From the cruise we continued on to Ullapool for the night. Loch Lomond is much prettier than Loch Ness.

Did not reach Ullapool until 9:45pm. Long, long day.

Cruise and summer fun on Loch Lomond.

Pics on the way to Ullapool.

Lunch - a fish cake sandwich?