We both woke up and sprung out of bed to catch a plane to Inverness to start our Scotland adventure. Inverness is in the northern part of Scotland known as the highlands. We took a taxi to Heathrow and had breakfast at the airport. I had eggs Benedict with salmon instead of ham and it was delicious!! Drew had noodles (we ate a Japanese place). The flight via British Air was packed. Lots of families going on holiday for Easter. In Europe, Good Friday and Monday after Easter are holidays. The plane had no less than 10 babies. We laughed, it was like a kid zoo on the plane.
Happy 27th Birthday Drew!
When we landed in Inverness it was sunny and beautiful. We were expecting rain or snow, but the air was fresh and crisp, with sunshine. We grabbed a cab to Inverness Palace Hotel and enjoyed our cabbie. We laughed the whole way but only understood every fifth word he spoke. He was a bachelor and liked the fact that he didn't need to listen to anyone else but himself. We arrived in Inverness (about a 10 minute drive). It was beautiful. The town is side by side with the River Ness. Clearer clean fast moving water. Their mountains were in the far west, covered with snow and beautiful.
We dropped our stuff off in the hotel room and decided to catch a quick lunch. Coffee and tea sandwiches....no crust, smothered with butter and cream cheese with the following filling: chicken salad, tuna salad, egg salad, and salmon. Refreshing and we were off for a hike to explore the city.
We walked along the River Ness for about a mile until we came to a number of islands. The last island had a suspension bridge and we crossed the river. Walking along the other side we could see the Inverness Palace. It was on top of a hill and was quite old. Presently it is used as the courthouse and police station, but future it will be a museum. We walked around the castle and stopped for some tea and coffee for a short break.
We were now in town and shopped all the tartan stores, which was many. I have never seen so much tartan in my life. Every family has its own pattern and color and it was quite educational.
DInner reservations took us to Riverplace. Recommended by friends and TripAdvisor. It was a quaint little place, seating about 20 at a time. Drew was greeted with a glass of champagne for his birthday. I had a grey goose oyster shot to get the evening started out right! We ordered a dozen oysters on the half shell and fish for dinner. Drew had turbot and I had hake. Both well prepared and very good. Topped dinner off with a dessert wine and piece of Dutch apple pie with Carmel and sea salt. We were not overly stuffed, which was nice. We walked back to the room and promptly fell asleep.
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