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[Photos] UK 21 - Eilean Donan Castle
Jun. 5th, 2019 12:47 pmThe day was uncommonly lovely when we went to Eilean Donan. We took a more northern route in, and a more southerly route back, and stopped off to take lots of photos on the way. (We also ducked quickly onto the Isle of Skye just to say we've been, lol).
There was a lot of the interior I skipped. I just wasn't interested in seeing more historical reconstructions (photography wasn't allowed also, though this wasn't a huge deterrent, I'd already planned to skip a lot of the interior to be gentler on my body and avoid a lot of crooked, uneven stone stairs).
The exterior was incredible. I talked to strangers. Took a photo of a woman visiting from Spain who had a very thick accent and complimented my hair. I spoke to a volunteer at the castle who told me that he'd actually been to Australia for many months and his favourite place was Tasmania, and I laughed and said 'because it's like here?' and he laughed and said 'because it's like here.' I discovered more about the whiskey in Tasmania from him, than I actually knew beforehand, and it was great.
He also said he wished he could tase the kids sometimes, so you know, keep an eye on those volunteers, parents. (Though, I sympathised at the time, because god, it must get so awful. He talked about some of the behaviours of some of the tourists and I knew instantly I couldn't do the job he was doing because I'd just start entertaining thoughts of homicide more often than not).
Eilean Donan.
( I liked this castle )
There was a lot of the interior I skipped. I just wasn't interested in seeing more historical reconstructions (photography wasn't allowed also, though this wasn't a huge deterrent, I'd already planned to skip a lot of the interior to be gentler on my body and avoid a lot of crooked, uneven stone stairs).
The exterior was incredible. I talked to strangers. Took a photo of a woman visiting from Spain who had a very thick accent and complimented my hair. I spoke to a volunteer at the castle who told me that he'd actually been to Australia for many months and his favourite place was Tasmania, and I laughed and said 'because it's like here?' and he laughed and said 'because it's like here.' I discovered more about the whiskey in Tasmania from him, than I actually knew beforehand, and it was great.
He also said he wished he could tase the kids sometimes, so you know, keep an eye on those volunteers, parents. (Though, I sympathised at the time, because god, it must get so awful. He talked about some of the behaviours of some of the tourists and I knew instantly I couldn't do the job he was doing because I'd just start entertaining thoughts of homicide more often than not).
Eilean Donan.
( I liked this castle )
