The main purpose for visiting Inverness, the capitol of Scotland's highlands, is (of course) to see Loch Ness. With three nights in this lovely city, we spent one day on a Jacobite Boat Cruise of the loch and the second day we visited a Speyside whisky distillery, Cragganmore, as well as Culloden Battlefield, and Macbeth-famous Cawdor Castle.
We didn't spot Nessie on the boat's sonar scanner, but I didn't see her 6 years ago either, and I was considerably more liquored up then. This time around I was afflicted with an intense sinus cold, but apparently not enough to affect my monster-radar-senses!
Inverness is a lovely, walkable city, with a pretty active live music scene on Friday nights (we couldn't find a pub that didn't have a band or two playing). We ended up at Johnny Foxes most nights, simply because it was still open.
On our way back to Edinburgh, we made a lunch stop at Stirling, with some of the clearest weather. I love being able to see clouds' shadows on a valley!
While you're hunting for sea monsters, you should check out Lake Champlain.A good family friend was featured on The Daily Show a long time ago (1999) about hunting for champ. I found the link!
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Beautiful! I'm a little relieved that you didn't end up seeing Nessie
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