We were on our way to Dunrobin Castle and after that to Inverness. Dunrobin Castle is not the kind of castle you normally picture with towers, battlements, and a drawbridge. It was a home to the Earls of Sutherland for many generations. It was very pretty and rather large. The most impressive part of the stop though, was the Falconry demonstration in the gardens of the castle. We saw the trainer run through several drills with a hawk, a falcon, and an owl. The birds flew over our heads and the trainer even had the owl land on the head of a guy in our tour group. It was really cool. The pics are the Castle, the gardens, the trainer with a falcon, and the owl swooping over us.
We made it into Inverness around 2pm. Carol, Chris, and I mounted an expedition to find an internet cafe. We wandered around the streets and finally we were directed to a cafe in a dark alleyway. The computers were not great, but we got a little work done and got some funds transferred. We went back to the hotel and availed ourselves of some scotch before dinner. There was music that night, but Carol, Chris, and I again headed to the streets and found ourselves a karaoke bar. It wasn't the best karaoke, but we managed to make it a good time. We stopped at a little bar near our hotel afterward. On our way to our rooms, we ran into another tour member. We learned a very interesting fact about our hotel from him. The hotel bar is open ALL NIGHT to hotel guests. Woo Hoo! We got another pint before retiring for the night.
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