Loch Ness Lives!

This castle was built in the 1200s, and Janet's Great-great-great-great grandfather was the gatekeeper here. He got married in 1859, and lo and behold Janet was born 100 years later. They bowed down to her when we entered. We also saw a falcon exhibit, incredibly cool, strong, and powerful birds that swoop down at 200 m.p.h. to capture their prey.

Today, we hiked with reindeer, and saw the first set of reindeer twins born in captivity in the last 65 years.

Adorable!

Then, we traveled to Loch Ness to see the fabled monster!

Regrettably, Nessie was nesting at the time, so I've substituted this artist's authentic rendition of her. Now,several things about Scotland that you might find a wee interesting, if you can figure them out: Signs on road: "Please use layby to shorten queue." "Warning, otters crossing." Although they're part of the U.K. and drive on the left, they use feet and miles here. Some Scots are perfectly intelligible; others spake wid mush en dayre muds. It is impossible to program a cruise control here. Chinese tourists in Scotland don't give a rat's ass about lines or standing in them. Me in a kilt is massively hot.