To the Castle Again

Trip Start May 19, 2008
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Trip End Jun 02, 2008


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Where I stayed
Loch Ness Backpackers
(Drumnadrochit hotels)

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

We started the day by going back to Castle Urquhart.  The visitors' center was well worth seeing, with a brief but informative movie about the castle-- which finished by opening the curtains behind the screen to show the actual castle through the glass windows-- and some very good displays of what it originally looked like.  This time, I got to go into the guard rooms and up to the tower that was locked last night.

We met some Texans at the hostel and gave them a ride to the castle, since they were going that way, too.  We enjoyed their company and hearing about their pet wolf.  We came back to the car to find a nice note with their e-mail address on it, so maybe we'll stay in touch.

The wind was quite strong.  I can't even imagine how people lived on the shore of Loch Ness in the winters in a castle. 
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