At home on Skye again. Saturday, October 29

Very happy to be going to Skye again.  Ferry took us over in the rain and we were able to check-in right away.  Room 29 which is such a lovely room with a large bathroom and looks out on a tower.  Love this hotel.  Went to lunch at Aros again then to dinner downstairs in The View restaurant.  I had cured salmon and haddock, Ray had soup and Ribeye steak.  Very nice waiter.  Fantastic view.  Have no idea what we are doing tomorrow.  Just being.  And I can't imagine a better place to just be.

A few things I learned about Skye:

The fairies here taught that women were superior to men.

The Old Man of Storr used to have a head and a wife.  But his head and she fell over in a storm.

The cliff at Kilt Rock kills people regularly.

Portree= Port an Righ= Port of the King because of King James V visit here in 1540.

The Quiraing is cluster of pinnacles and peaks created by a glacier.

Bonnie Prince Charlie took refuge with the MacKinnons in Broadford after his 1746 defeat at Culloden.  He left them with his secret recipe for what is now called Drambuie.

Portree viewed from front of our hotel:

 

Cuillin Hills Hotel:

 

Turret outside our window:

 

our room:

 

 

 

Portree square:

 

 

stairs in hotel:

 

The View Restaurant in our hotel--excellent food here:

Ray enjoying the view:

Sporran used to hold back curtains--brilliant idea:

 

Portree as evening falls: