Friday, September 23, 2011

Our life in pictures...

So this first one is taken at Urquhart Castle - and we had to get Ben with the trebuchet because he still has the model one he built in high school!!!

And of course, here's Ben driving on the wrong side of the car and the wrong side of the road!

We ran into these Highland cattle beauties just outside of the Culloden Battlefield, near Inverness

Ben took this on one of the many stops he made on the drive between Inverness and the Isle of Skye - he employed his  long exposure techniques here.

Here we are enjoying a very informal lunch after visiting the Tallisker whiskey Distillery.  We brought some of those individual tuna packets, as well as peanut butter single servings.  They've served us with a few "homemade" lunches with cheap, bakery bought bread (not together - tuna and peanut butter were separate lunches :)  ), and chips and other food we brought like granola bars and applesauce.

This is Dunvegan Castle on Skye - home of the MacLeod clan.  If I'm not mistaken, that's the clan my brother in law Justin and his family belong to...  There were beautiful gardens, too.

Okay - this is the Old Man of Storr on Skye - one of the most popular and famous attractions to hike.  Which we did.  In rain, mist, fog, and wind.  If you google it, you'll see what it should look like on a clear day...  We didn't get to experience that in person.

This is us on the hike - very, very wet.

The harbor in Portree, the small town we are staying in on Skye.

And this is dinner at the Lower Deck seafood restaurant.  This was our best meal yet, because the food was really great (cullen skink soup - haddock with potatoes in a cream base, mussels, and fresh cod, with local Skye wine), but also because we had a great chat with a couple at the table next to ours.  They are from southern Scotland and were super friendly.

1 comment:

  1. I love the pictures!! Can't wait to see more when you return. Jenny, you have managed to keep having gorgeous hair throughout the humidity and rain! You guys look like you're having an amazing trip. Miss you!!

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