Monday, July 16, 2012

July 7- Loch Ness cruise and Eilean Donan

Ate breakfast and the Clansman hotel early and went on the one hour 10:00 Jacobite Cruise from our hotel.  It was rainy on on Loch Ness, but still really neat.  Then we toured Glen Ord Distellery.  Their "whisky" is mainly exported to southeast Asia.  The sample we tried was very sweet.  Scotch is made from malted barley, where as bourbon is made from corn.  I don't really like whisky though.  Then, we drove to Eilean Donan Castle.  It was a very awesome castle.  We began the drive back to Nottingham via Glencoe around 5pm.  We revisited the tiny Dalness Lodge road, and recreated an exact scene from the James Bond Skyfall movie trailer.  We stopped at McDonalds and used their Wifi to call the Brits and tell them we were coming to church, talked to Mom, etc.  We arrived at the Days Inn near Nottingham around 2:30 am.  I wasn't even driving and I was exhausted.  We listened to Carte Blanche, the James Bond book, and almost finished it.    

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