Wandered around Inverness today. Saw plenty of campaign signs... I was tempted to steal one, but they were fairly high up and attached well, so I decided against it. We visited the castle, and were given a fairly interesting tour. The guide was dressed as an 18th century soldier, and we were "recruited" into the army; most likely Bonnie Prince Charlie's, but I don't actually remember. I became a foot soldier, and Emily became "baggage," one of the many camp followers who kept the soldiers entertained and distracted them from much actual soldiering.
Today was actually the last (semi) organized day of the tour, so most of the group decided to take the sleeper train back to London so they could spend all of their free day there. Alyssa & Geanna (I'd been spelling it wrong up to this point) were heading to Wales, Chelsea was meeting her mom for a trip to Rome, and Barb was meeting her husband to head to the Czech Republic to visit relatives. Corliss stayed behind; her husband showed up for the last day of the tour, and they were headed up to the Orkney Isles afterwards. Normally I would have gone for the night train, but I still had quite a bit of homework to finish up. I figured I wouldn't get much done if I was sleeping, and wouldn't really enjoy London if I had to sit around finishing it up. Emily stayed behind as well. We went out for a few drinks, then hit the sack early that night. We had to be ready at some un-Godly hour (around 08:00, I think) if we wanted to catch a train that would get us back to London at a decent time.
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