Blogs from Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 4

Arrived in Inverness on January 4th. What got me up here ? Work obviously !! Unfortunately can't go on moving around without a little bit of earning. Found a receptionist job in a 4 star hotel, the Glenmoriston Town House Hotel, feel free to go on the internet site, it's a nice hotel situated on the River Ness with two restaurants. http://www.glenmoristontownhouse.com/ It's now been two weeks I'm up here and enjoying myself. I've settled in a little home that I share with two other guys, that have a lot to learn on the cleaning side :) but they are very nice and helping me a lot on making me feel at home. Since I've arrived, I went to visit the famous Loch Ness and also was shown around the Black Isle. The landscape is beautiful ... read more

Probably my favorite day so far, because of many reasons, such as awesome sights and locations, and absolutely beautiful weather. In fact, I was just talking to the lady who owns the bed and breakfast I'm at, and she said it's unseasonably hot for Inverness. Apparently this is an incredibly unpredictable area weather-wise, with it suddenly hot and then bitter cold, and then rainy - all in the same day. But today it held at a nice 75 degrees. After another hearty Scottish breakfast, this time with porridge, I took a bus just outside of town to another very famous battle, Culloden. Hands down, this has been one of my favorite visits to a battlefield. Culloden took place in April of 1746, when Bonnie Prince Charlie as the Scots call him tried to regain the English ... read more

Gestern hat sie endlich begonnen, unsere lang ersehnte Tour durch die schottischen Highlands. Um 9 Uhr morgens habe ich mich mit Isa bei der Autovermietung getroffen, zum Glück waren wir pünktlich, denn nur 5 Minuten später war eine riesen Schlange hinter uns mit Leuten, die alle ein Auto haben wollten. Nach dem üblichen bürokratischen Geplänkel sind wir denn auch ca. halb 10 losgefahren. Isa ist direkt auf der falschen Seite ins Auto gestiegen. Ich fand, wenn sie doch fahren will hätte sie mir das ruhig vorher sagen können. Naja. Dieses Missgeschick sollte übrigens noch mehr als einmal passieren. Ich hatte mir ja vorher schon meine Gedanken gemacht, wie es wohl für mich sein würde im Linksverkehr zu fahren, hatte hauptsächlich Sorge mich beim Abbiegen in die falsche Spur einzufädeln oder falsch herum in den Kreisverkehr zu ... read more

After one day of relaxation, I was off again to travel! My mom, sister, brother, aunt and grandma all arrived in the morning after flying for 12 hours. We then got on another plane, which they were not too excited about. We arrived at Edinburgh and found our way to our hotel, the Jury's Inn. We had a bad experience there. We were trying to contact some family what live in Keith. Apparently, they had called our hotel and the person who answered wasn't accommodating and we never knew that they called us. Because of that, we didn't get to meet up with our family. So I wouldn't recommend that hotel. By the time we got in town it was pretty late and time for dinner. That was nearly impossible to navigate. Every pub seemed to ... read more

Geo: 57.4767, -4.23145A las 7:30 partimos hacia Urquhart Castle, tomando la ruta panorámica, un poco intencionalmente y otro poco no tan intencional. Así que 280km después, a las 12:00 arribamos a las ruinas de este castillo que se encuentra a la orilla de Loch Ness. Tuvimos la fortuna que prácticamente todo nuestro recorrido estuvimos completamente solos en las ruinas. Solo cuando nos pusieron el filme introductorio al preguntarnos de donde veníamos nos advirtieron que la película estaba en inglés y sin subtítulos, lo cual no nos molestó, pero otra pareja comentó que era mejor así ya que ellos no hablaban "mexicano". Tras realizar el recorrido tomamos un café y nos dirigimos a Drumain na Drochaid, o Drumnanochit para los cuates, donde está el Loch Ness Center, que justo ese día ... read more