View from the bus

Soon after passing Loch Tulla we started driving through some serious highland territory. The grass seemed to grow greener and the mountains became more imposing. This looked like the backdrop of a scene from "Braveheart" or "The Highlander".

Day Seven (Carlisle to the Scottish Highlands)

July 19th 2006
A nice hot shower before bed helped me cool off a bit so I slept well through the night. We enjoyed a rather sumptuous buffet breakfast at the hotel. We had scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, broiled tomatos, cereals, oatmeal, orange and tomato juices and the ever-popular baked beans. In Italy and France I found most of the breakfasts pretty lacking while I've never gone wrong in Germany and Austr ... read more

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