EXPLORING SCOTLAND - DAY TWO - LOCH NESS TO KIRKWALL, ORKNEY ISLE

Weather that morning was really beautiful! Sun is shining and it means only one thing. Another great day! 

 

Spending a couple of hours at the Loch ness yesterday was really good. Today we will be traveling towards Kirkwall then to Orkney Isles. 

Whilst on the road. Our tour guide was explaining our itinerary, he also shared story about the Loch's famous resident to be told. Do you really know what Loch Ness means? Here's my share:  

I don't know if you remember the movie, LOCH NESS, it became really famous mostly in 1996. We've seen it. Anyway, whenever i hear Loch Ness, my first thought is always the "monster coming out from the Loch.." Anyways, so many speculations as if its really true or not. Sharing a link: http://lochnessmystery.blogspot.com

The June weather was pretty good. In Scotland, better not ask how's the weather looks like because its always, “unpredictable”.. lolz..  

As we drove towards our destination. The sights along the way was really awesome. First, we board the ferry crossing the Pentland Firth in the Orkney Archipelago. I love to stay longer on the deck to enjoy the sea view but it was really cold and windy. I know it was realy beautiful there but, im looking forward to see more landscapes, instead. 

The time we arrived on land, we drove to the famous Italian Chapel. Tiny chapel yet impressive and really beautiful. Based from our tour guide, they told us that the chapel was built by the Italian prisoners of war during the World War II. We stayed for about half an hour to enjoy this place. Wonderful! After a couple of minutes driving we also stopped at the Scapa Flow, where we've seen the remains of the wrecked ships used during the World War. 

 

After an hour, we finally arrived at our last destination that day, The Viking stronghold of Kirkwall. We will be staying here for two nights! Yeebaaa! Since we are already in the city of Kirkwall and before our tour guide sent us to our hotel rooms. We all went to drop by and visited the St. Magnus Cathedral. Another impressive and really beautiful cathedral. I really enjoyed my time here too. Then after an hour of visiting the cathedral, we went to visit the ruin castle. The Earl's Place.  

THE EARL'S PALACE

I thought we all had a great time this day. This day 2 trip was another wonderful day. Anyways, as Scotland's summer time it simply means that day light is longer that night. 8PM was still broad day light, so we thought to visit the Kirkwall harbor before going to our scheduled dinner. Here, we've seen the place where they duck the fish boats. We did enjoy the view and colourful sights.