Scotland....

We decided in Oct 2007 that we wanted to visit Scotland.. so started making a plan to visit some parts of Scotland... Did some research on the internet, decided that we should take a flight to Edinburgh and then hire a car from there rather than driving from London... moreover it did not look feasible to drive all the way with the time we had.. So we started off planning.. what to see.. where to go.. etc..

As per the plan.. Got to Edinburgh.. Got a VW Passat.. It was a brand new car.. it took us about 15-20 mins to figure out how to start the car.. and get used to its features.. etc.. Was a good learning experience too and was hilarious.. as we had to call the guy from the hire car counter.. to ask him how to ignite the car.. It was indeed funny.. The guy had such a weird expression on his face.. he must be wondering.. and hoping his car comes back safe, in one piece.. !

This was one of the first pictures, we took as we headed out on our driving trip around Scotland.. The weather was promising.. atleast when we started off.. we were hoping it would stay like that...

We headed to a city called Inverness, where we had booked our first night stay..... and decided to visit a few places on the way..

We first went to Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness.. It looked beautiful on the internet while I was doing my research on places to visit in Scotland.. And indeed.. it was beautiful.. the lush green grasslands.. the lovely looking Loch ness... and this castle is on the banks of Loch ness.. It was a beautiful sight.. we spent time clicking photos and discovering about the castle...

Incidentally, also remembered.. that one of the songs in Hindi Movie 'Kuch Kuch hota hai' was shot in this castle.. I loved this place....... sometimes.. The camera did not do justice to this place, or that experience or that moment.. It was one of the best few hours that I spent.. was wonderful....

Scotland is such a wonderful place.... we just travelled along the road to get to inverness.. and found a lot of interesting places to stop and watch....

This is a canal kind of a place we found on the way.. Its not a tourist spot or anything like that.. we could see some waterfalls close by and so, we decided to stop and check it out.. a little further down that muddy slippery path.. looks what we see.. a beautiful spot.. I could stand there staring at this place all along.. Lovely.... a wonderful place.. Imagine waking up to this every morning, sipping a cup of coffee looking at this.. how peaceful...

Its full of surprises.. we found a lot of such small waterfalls through out our trips... It was a wonderful experience.. all together... ..

Our trip had many many stops.. one such stop was to take this picture.. where we could see many lovely colours.. Lovely colours.. some of the places were mind-blowing..

It was an experience of a lifetime.. I look forward to go to Scotland one more time.. as we could not cover all parts of the country..

We also went to a few places like Ben Nevis..Loch Lomond, Fort William, Glen Coe.. etc.


This was the view on the way to Loch Lomond..

It was a great trip.. where I enjoyed every bit of it.. :)