We made it to Dornoch

Well, Kelli and I made it to our much needed vacation spot. After several weeks of being under the weather and missing home over the holidays, we were able to drive up to Dornoch, Scotland. We are staying up in the Northern Highlands for the next several days, driving around and seeing as much as we can while we are here. It is a good chance that we'll never make it back, so we want to get as much out of our time as possible. There have already been some interesting adventures, some good and some bad, but I'll leave those for later posts.

Dornoch is a beatiful little town in the highlands. We are about an hour north of Inverness, which is the northern most city on mainland Britain. The hotel(pictured above) we are staying in was formally a castle in the 15th century and later a jail. In fact, attached to it is a mall that uses the old jail cells as rooms for soaps, kids clothes, etc. It is a neat little place(Pictured below).

Right across the street from us is the Cathedral(first picture, and below), made famous from Madonas' wedding. It was built in the 12 century, not knowing its fame would be stoked by the singer of "Like a Prayer."

Right now, Kelli and I are sitting in the lobby by a roaring fire, watching Charlie the castle cat prowl about, and sipping our tea (reading of course!). It has been a good trip.