Today was a full day of driving through the Scottish Highlands.  We made several quick stops around the spectacular topography.  Mid morning we stopped at Loch Ness to go monster hunting.  The area is scenic, but the weather is miserable (cold, windy, and overcast).  I'm amused by all the "official" monster stuff.  Maybe Nessie is living on the UFO at Roswell, New Mexico.

The day continues with Urquhart Castle (castle ruins on the lake), Ben Nevis (highest point in Great Britain), and the spectacular Glencoe.  We see Culloden Battlefield where the Scots were defeated in 1746. In the mid afternoon, we have a cruise around Loch Lomond, the biggest of the Lochs (and a joke in Spaceballs).

We arrive in Glasgow and I like the hotel immediately.  The sink has one spigot so you can adjust the water temperature (instead of separate cold and hot water outputs which results in one hand scalding and the other freezing).  Plus, The Simpsons is on the tv (not a Groundskeeper Willie episode, though).

We have dinner and drinks in town for our last night in Scotland.  I'm disappointed that I could not purchase any of Scotland's famous tape or a Groundskeeper Willie souvenir here in his hometown.  Tomorrow we head back to England.

View the Highlands and Glasgow photos.