Today we got up and headed to have our full Scottish breakfast at 7 in the morning. It had bread, fresh fruit, fresh fruit juices, cereal, eggs, hash browns, tomatoes, bacon, sausage, backed beans, and haggis*.
*Haggis is a dish containing sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet (which is s raw beef or mutton fat, especially the hard fat found around the loins and kidneys), spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally boiled in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours.
No we did not have any of the haggis thank goodness because we did not find out what it was until about time to leave Scotland!
We went to our room brushed our teeth and headed to St. George Square to be picked up in our Mercedes Van to go on our Rabbis Tour. Here is some of what we saw:
Crossing the ancient natural fault line that runs across Scotland you travel into the majestic Highlands where the scenery changes quickly and dramatically - the flat fertile plains of the Lowlands give way to shimmering lochs, rugged mountain tops and forest-filled glens. It's easy to forget that this was once thought of as a dangerous frontier fought over by the fiercely territorial Highland clans such as the MacGregors, made famous by the Highland folk hero, Rob Roy MacGregor.
At 23 miles long and over 700ft deep it's the largest loch by volume in Scotland and contains more water than every lake in England and Wales combined! The loch is best known for the legendary sightings of the Loch Ness Monster ("Nessie").
Your next stop is the Highland resort town of Pitlochry, built on Victorian tourism and nestled amongst the mountains of Highland Perthshire.
The day started out with rain, but the time we got to Loch Ness the rain was gone but the wind was blowing like Oklahoma! We spent a total of twelve hours in the van but it was a really good way to see so much of Scotland's Highlands and all the beautiful scenery of Scotland!
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