We left at 9am(as always) and our first stop was this river. I dont recall what the river was called but the legend goes that the faries of the Isle of Skye blessed this river, so it you put your face in the river for a full 7 seconds, you will be given beauty(something along those lines). interesting huh? our tour guide did it, along with quite a number of others. I did not. one, I have been made beautiful by God and two, it was cold and rainy that morning. however,it was still a neat place to go to and an awesome little legend to hear. I love myths and legends like that. 
Our next stop was at a small town called Portree. we were there for 1 1/2 hours so it was a nice long-ish stop. The first I did was take out some cash. I loved the money! Scotland uses pounds as well but the actual notes are different. You can see them in the pictures below! They were so colorful and attractive, they did not look real, as a guy who was on the tour with me said when he saw them. After using the colorful, fun, nice notes over here, I am so worried that I am going to go back to using dollars and think they are so ugly! all green...one color! anyways, after that, I went a cafe/restaurant and ordered some breakfast:fried eggs and sausage(did not eat those) and a coke. I also bought a bottle of water and a ham sandwich for my lunch(take-away). I then went to this cool store that is a mix of Celtic and Sri Lankan culture. I bought a wallet there. the colors are bright and it is made of cloth. so beautful! in another store, I also bought this pendant with a marble that is from the same marble that the men used to carry with them when they left home on often dangerous journeys for luck and courage, and also so that in case they never came back, they would always have a piece of home with them. cool huh? it is so beautiful! they had stones, to carry in pouches and keychains, but I chose a necklace in the end(more expensive though, 10 pounds=$15). I love it!!the picture above of the street is the town centre, or part of it. good break. I liked it. oh, in another store I bought a tartan hand warner with lavender inside!!Ou
r next stop was not a stop because none of us got out. It was to this waterfall that the faries of the Isle of Skye have blessed, just like that river we stopped at earlier that morning. this time, the legend is that for every second you hold your head underwater, you get one good year of sex. none of us did it because it was muddy and we would have sank in the mud halfway up, according to our tour guide. Funny huh? :)
Our next stop was to this place called "Old Man of Storr." it it this free standing rock that legend says is the man part of a giant who got turned to stone and the wind came and shattered him and his head landed farther away. however, to get to it, it is ONE VICISIOUS UPHILL HIKE!! plus, it had been and was still raining, so the path was all muddy. I am not a hiker, climber,etc. I am a biker. and I am also not in super good shape, so needless to say, this was horrible for me! I did not go all the way to the stone, as a matter of fact. I stayed behind after more than 3/4 of the way up. my legs were burning so bad!the view from where I was was good though and I loved it. the view of a loch behind us was also amazingly good! so calm and peaceful! the pics above are of a piece of the uphill battle/hike, the view from where i stopped, and the free standing stone.Th
e next place I cannot tell you what it was called or anything because I forgot and was not paying much attention to the guide when he was explaing, but it was this cliff on the Atlantic side of the ocean and I recall thinking that "home" was that way; way on the other side of that ocean. made me a bit homesick.
e next place I cannot tell you what it was called or anything because I forgot and was not paying much attention to the guide when he was explaing, but it was this cliff on the Atlantic side of the ocean and I recall thinking that "home" was that way; way on the other side of that ocean. made me a bit homesick. Our next stop was up another hill except this time we drove up, thank goodness. it was
a little scary though: as you can see from the picture to the right, the road was so narrow th
at the an incoming car had to pull over for the other coming car, it was so narrow! and it was right on the edge. however, the view from the top was amazing! everything looked so small and tiny and yet so beautiful! from above, everything looks different. it was VERY windy upthere as you can imagine which made it cold-ER. however, it was a beautiful view and I loved it. the picture to the left is of me up there. see how high it is!
a little scary though: as you can see from the picture to the right, the road was so narrow th
at the an incoming car had to pull over for the other coming car, it was so narrow! and it was right on the edge. however, the view from the top was amazing! everything looked so small and tiny and yet so beautiful! from above, everything looks different. it was VERY windy upthere as you can imagine which made it cold-ER. however, it was a beautiful view and I loved it. the picture to the left is of me up there. see how high it is!
Our last stop for the day was Fairy Glen. It is hard to describe what it is. it is one of those places that I feel you have to go to be able to truly understand what it is, like a pub. it is this glen where there are rocks making different shapes, etc. by people of course, but it is said that it is where the faries lived. this high hill/rock is called "Fairy Castle" and it is where I am on that picture above. it is a little scary climbimg it and to get on top of it you have to pass through this super skinny crevice between two rocks. you have to lift yourself up and then pass through it and it is pretty high up and during the climb, there is a section where there is nothing on either side of you. small section, but a bit scary. i did not know this was the castle, I thought it was where the Fairy Glen was, but I loved it!! the Glen itself is pretty cool. there are this stones shaped like a heart and it is said that if you put something in, the person of whom you're thinking of at the time, your love will grow stronger. within reason of course. no celebrities or anything. has to be someone in your life. I did that and I left my movie watchers card from Massachusetts there. unique huh? everyone else left coins, but I wanted to leave something different, so I chose something that brought me happiness: going to movies. there is also this spiral made out of stones, and it is said that if you think all your bad thoughts while walking in, and then walking out thinking all your good thoughts, then you are taking the good thoughts/energy with you and leaving the bad thoughts/energy behind. cool huh? i did that one too. it was such a cool place! I LOVED it!!! the top picture above is me with Fairy Glen in the background and the bottom one is me on top of Fairy Castle(or a small section of it). one cool thing about Fairy Glen is that as you can tell from the picture of it, it does not look like anything. a bunch of rocks in patters. yet everything is there for a reason, a purpose. every thing inside the stone heart for example, is a thought of a loved one. and each shape has a meaning and a reason,even if we dont know what it is. such a cool place! :) :)
that was the end of day#3
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