SCOTLAND

I know it's been a while, and this isn't going to be the world's best blog entry. I don't have internet access through the hotel- we can only access a little bit of free internet through the lobby of the main hotel building.

Let me just say- Scotland is the most amazing place I've ever been. It's beautiful and lush and green and cold- but the cold doesn't bother you because you're too busy staring at the breathtaking scenery around you. I really don't want to leave... ever. We're staying in the little town of Kenmore, on Loch Tay, just across from the Crannog Centre. Dr. Nick Dixon, the man in charge of the Crannog centre and former professor at Edinburgh, is our official guide for the week. He is one of the most brilliant and likeable men I've ever met. And we get along just fine.

So far we've done a tour at the Crannog Centre, hiked up Drummond Hill to find the hill fort, hiked other hills in search of stone circles and cupmarked stones, and seen the world's best examples of Pictish stones. We've had fish and chips and steak and ale pie; walked along the rocky crags on the side of a mountain. And it has been perfect.