Bused to Ft. William and some other random town (can't remember which order we did those in), stopped for lunch & wandering shopping. Had a very interesting lunch... a mini-Lunchable and a Smirnoff Black Ice, which is more citrus-y than the regular Ice. After that, it was time for more busing, this time to Urquhart Castle--what was left of it, at least--about half way along Loch Ness. Unfortunately, I don't remember any of the important facts about it, but it was a really cool place. And they had built a replica of a trebuchet there, which was also cool. After the castle, it was off to Inverness, at the end of the loch.
Luckily, we got a break from the bus, and were able to take a boat up to the city. Much more fun than the bus, but not actually as cool as it might sound. The boat was incredibly slow, and the water didn't really look that great; it was really dark, and the waves the boat kicked up were definitely brown. Along for the boat ride was Luke, some random guy who kept trying to get pity points with all the girls. They were polite, but more or less pitiless.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) there were no Nessie sightings. We made it to Inverness in one piece, hopped on a bus, and got dropped off at a series of 3 adjacent B&Bs. Rob and I were on the top floor of ours (again...) and the girls were split up between the other two.
It was evening by the time we got there, so we didn't do too much wandering that night. Grabbed some dinner, then headed back to the B&B; Emily and I sat around playing cards (either war or gin rummy, or maybe both... there are only so many two player games out there) with my recently purchased Kings & Queens of England deck, and everybody else went out to get drunk.
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