It's Just a Flesh Wound!

Welllll lots has gone on here in good ole' stirling and its surrounding areas these past few days. My mom came up Friday, had a little flight trouble but she made it here! Long story short, I'll put it this way: She was supposed to fly out of KC to Newark, then Newark to Edinburgh...she ended up flying out of Omaha to Newark, then Newark to London, then London to Edinburgh...getting here about half a day later...but hey I didn't have to get up as early to go meet her at the airport :) No I was glad she made it, they were telling her she might not have gotten here till yesterday!

Saturday we went to Doune Castle, which is where 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' was filmed! It was a great day outside, so it was fun to explore that. The town of Doune is sooo cute and small too! Definitely a stereotypical Scottish town. It was so quiet when we got there, and wondered where everyone was, then we heard a whistle and some cheering...so everyone must've been at the local 'football' game. I fell on the way up to the castle and totally busted my face open and just started bleeding like crazy everywhere...to which I just shouted out to everyone, "IT'S JUST A FLESH WOUND!!!" haha only joking...that never happened, so please don't be concerned for my face. Here is a picture of us galloping up towards the castle...we could not find any coconuts. That is a true statement.

On the way back we sat in front of a lovely Scotsman on the little bus. He had definitely been having some fun at the Doune pubs before getting on. He told me I was gorgeous, stunning, and beautiful, and asked if American men thought this as well (given my current relationship status, need I answer that question?? lol joking)...Oh and he also said I was definitely a 9 out of 10 (shoot...I don't settle for anything less than perfect, come on! hahah) Well, this was all very nice of him to say, except for the fact that he was plastered and he was talking so fast and drunken that I couldn't make out any word he said! My mom couldn't understand either. Cati was our interpreter. The guy asked me if I was french, since Cati was having to tell me what he was saying...to which I replied quite loudly "FRENCH?!" (so hopefully there weren't any French on board that bus). Anyways, he then proceeded to tell me that even though he has a girlfriend, he would have my hand in marriage. After he got off the bus and we started to take off, he ran along the side of it, jumped up and kissed my window. The guy in front of us turned around and said "We're not all like that ya know". hahah it was great. Uncomfortable and awkward, but none the less great! ha

Yesterday we took a tour of the Highlands, we went to Glencoe, Loch Ness, and drove through Inverness. There are some spectacular views! Everything is even more amazing in person. Here are some pictures from Glencoe....

and Loch Ness...no we didn't see 'Nessie'. I was hoping, cause I'd take the money that you'd for sure get for getting a picture of it!