Scotland Day 9

Due to the fact that the bus wasn't going to arrive in Fort William until 4:30 and we had to check out at 10:30, we had a lot of extra time on our hands. We started out by going to see Old Fort William. It was exciting. . .actually no, this is literally all that remains of Fort William After that we went to High Street with all of the shops open. Abigail had a list of stuff to get either for herself or other people and she was determined to get everything (and I think she did) We did the whole shopping thing (again), ate lunch, and still had lots of time left. It was a beautiful day so Abigail sat down in a community green, and I went to take pictures in a graveyard for her (because she wants a Celtic cross picture framed). She has a funny story that has to be seen to be believed (and yes there is a picture), let's just say it has to do with poop and public displays of nudity. If you want to know more, email and ask her because it is her story. We still had a lot of time, and I went to the Highland Life Musuem (Abigail continued to soak in the sun because she thinks history museums are boring). After that we went back to the Hostel repacked all of our stuff to get Abigail's new acquistions to fit, and waited. The bus was late, but that is ok because we finally got to go. The first stop was at Glencoe. This place is considered to be one of the most sceneic in Scotland (you may have picked up on a theme by now Scotland=Scenic)

The next stop we made was a special request. I saw on a map in Fort William that the route we would take lead us right by Castle Stalker (better known to Monty Python fans as Castle Aaaarrrgggh). I asked the driver if we could stop and he did!

We then ended up in our final destination of Oban. The weird structure on the hill is McGraig's Tower. He was this rich guy who decided Scotland needed more culture and decided to build a replica of the coluseum. However, he never finished it so a half built Coluseum just sits over looking Oban.

This was also the day that Scotland played Moldavia in a bid to get into the World cup. We thought it would be fun to go to a pub to eat and enjoy being around locals really getting into Football, but there were to many doing that because they were all full. So we ended up at a Fish and Chips restraunt that used fresh fish so that was cool. After that we decided to walk to right outside of the town, where Castle Dunoley set. As we were walking there we passed another couple coming back and they said there was a homeless guy there (personally I think he was camping there because there was a car parked by the steps going up to the castle, and it was out in the middle of nowhere, but anyway. . .). As we were walking up to the castle the fog rolled in.

This created a perfect gothic horror movie setting! A ruined Castle covered in Fog at the top of a forest path-you don't get much more goth than that.

So I go inside the castle say hello to the guy camping there and walk up pitch black slippery steps to the second floor. Then when I come down and Abigial and I are looking around the guy inside comes out. He is wearing a coat that drags the ground and he has the collar pulled up. Both Abigail and I see this out of the corner of our eye. And she got freaked out something fierce! She practically ran down the hill and the entire way back let her minds play tricks on her. Good times.