Did she say "orb"?

As kelli and I read through the detailed instructions in case there was a fire - Step 1: Sound the Alarm - in order to sound the alarm, please shout "Fire!", we couldn't help but be slightly disconcerted by the overall planning that had gone into this tourist attraction.

"You know that castle is haunted right?" In fact, I was unaware of this piece of information, although I was now aware that shouting "Fire!" constituted the sounding of an alarm. "Yeah, Jeb took a picture of an orb the other day." Not really wanting to get too detailed an account of Jeb's photographic escapades, we nodded knowingly. "This is one of the most beautiful castles in Scotland." This testimony, which would have been deemed accurate, at least in a broad sense, had suddenly lost some of its force with us considering the previous statements.

While the keeper of the castle may or may not have a little too much alone time, she was right about one thing - the castle was beautiful. Kelli and I went with some friends from Australia to visit a castle that is about 15 miles north of Aberdeen. Castle Tolqhon. Every time I try to pronounce it I either sound Yankee or Aztec, so I now call it Castle T. Or Castle Orb depending on the company.

Castle T sadly did not play a major role in Scottish history. I say this now, but would never consider saying that in the company of any orbs and/or keepers of the castle. It was build in the middle of the 1500's, and was basically some guys sweet house. There were three stories, an 18 meter well, an incredible amount of stairways, and even a jail cell. I was particularly impressed with the size of this guys fireplaces, of which there were many. Anyway, it was great to get out to the countryside a bit more and see some green. It wasn't that nice of a day in terms of weather, so for most of the time we were alone in the castle. So that was a lot of fun. Here are some pics of our day!