Dunnottar Castle

Today we had another early start because parking ends at 8am. Elizabeth has been amazing at getting ready quick in the morning!  She is really grown into the backpacking mentality!  My wife is awesome! We drove about 50 min to Dunnottar Castle. It is one of the locations that Hamlet (Mel Gibson), was filmed!  The castle was perched up on a rock island with a small path that led to it. It was a really great castle to visit and had some amazing views of the ocean. I am glad we decided to stop by here on the way to Aberdeen. 

Yep!

We are super excited! 

I love when castles are ruins like this!  

She is loving this castle 

Dark view of the Whigs vault. It is where they kept many of the people who opposed the Kings new change in religion. 

They had to brew beer in order to drink the water!  I would be a king here! 

Lovely view out the window! 

I love panoramic photos! 

Used to be a second floor here 

View of the beach 

On the beach

The valley to the castle 

Testing fate 

Enjoying this amazing view! 

The one handed panoramic! 

Drove into a small little town called Stonehaven for some lunch. Well actually, Elizabeth wanted some sea food and this town was supposed to have an amazing restaurant so we walked to find it. 

Found it!  Elizabeth was in heaven!  She had some fresh fish with mashed potatoes with crab mixed in. I hung out and at a granola bar lol. 

After lunch we drove into Aberdeen and went straight to Brew Dog!  It is the original location. I am drinking a bourbon scotch ale infused through walnuts and dates. YES PLEASE! 

I all of a sudden started to not feel well today. Had that sore throat feeling that spread to my ear and was feeling real warm. I only had one beer for the record. I decided to get some cold and flu meds and head to the hotel. Our hotel is amazing!  It is very fancy and even had a fireplace burning where you check in. It used to be a a large mansion that an Earl built for his mistress but got turned into a a fancy hotel. Here is the entrance. 

Now I am in bed with some night time meds kicking in. Elizabeth went to explore the grounds. 

Good night!