Scotland Day 3

Day 3 began with us leaving our hostel to hit the open road.  We are now making our way to the beautiful Isle of Skye.  The roads are crazy over there!  They basically fit one car so if you see a car coming at you, one of you has to pull over.  Their driving is playing “chicken” at all times on back roads!  Keep in mind we are in a huge yellow bus, so it’s not that easy to come to a stop, but we are easy to spot.

One of our first stops is the magical Eilean Donan Castle.  Our bus driver/tour guide set it up perfectly.  He had us close our eyes and then went on to tell us a story about where we were going.  I thought it was going to be something scary based on his story so I was bracing myself thinking that we might fall off a cliff or something.  He then finished with, “turn your head to the right, and open your eyes.”  That’s when I got the chills instantly and saw this:

Eilean Donan Castle is one of the most visited castles in Scotland.  The final scene in, “Made of Honor,” was filmed here.  They were closed for the season but we were able to walk around it.

We then stopped off for lunch and made it to our next photo op.  The Scottish, much like the Irish, are good at the BS-ing.  Kelsey and I had a hard time depicting what was true and what wasn’t.  We were pretty gullible, but like to think we just trust what people tell us.

Still not sure if this is true or not, but the “legend” goes something like this:  you walk up the muddy hill, take a drink from the stream, and keep the water in your mouth until you make it back to where you started and then spit it on a rock and your wish will come true.

It seemed like a fun idea in theory, until you sank ankle deep in mud!  Kelsey gave up at the start, but I was already half way up when I thought this wasn’t a good idea.  I made it to the top, got a big gulp of water, and then made my way down.  The tricky part was not laughing at how ridiculous this was and accidentally spitting out your mouthful too early.  I made it down, thankfully without falling, (I cannot say the same for the majority of the group) and made my wish.

Next it was time for a hike.  Everyone was already muddy and wet so why not?  This was no small hill.  This mountain was legit.  It took us a good half hour at a pretty big incline, but the views were worth it.

Our whole tour group.

We drove around some more and finally made it to our hostel, Saucy Mary’s.  Kelsey and I ate dinner down in the bar and had our favorite meal in Scotland!

Fresh prawns caught that day,
we actually met the men who caught them!

 

I had my local beer and Kelsey had her cider as we busted out the cards to play some drinking games with our fellow trip mates.  P & A was a success and to make things complete, they had a live Scottish band playing Scottish music.  Great day!