The Lou is by the Loch Ness! (Sounds gross.)

Hello from Inverness! We arrived here by train this morning around noon. The train ride was absolutely fabulous! An englishman was sitting by us and was quite talkative the whole 3 hours, but it was interesting nonetheless. So as soon as we got here we found a cute little cafe (with cheap food!) and I had the best sandwich I've ever had, only for about 3 pounds! Then after that we found a tour to take us around the Loch Ness and to the Urquahart Castle, and that was AH-MAZING!! My favorite part of the trip so far (I've got some great photos too!) Then we went back to the cute cafe (called 'Yum!') and got some smoothies for about 2 pounds which were excellent! And the lady running the cafe was so cute bringing us small samples of food and telling us all about each one (Get this, I tried pigs blood and cow tongue! I found this out only after I had eaten it) But I love that little cafe! At this point I was thinking Inverness was like heaven on earth!... then we got to our hostel. Uhm, yikes. Now mom, I'm not saying my life is in danger, but, to anyone who is reading this, please pray for us. It's very close to the bus station which is super nice, about a minutes walk. But to get to the station you have to go down an alleyway with a bar and a nightclub to one side and a covered empty parking lot to another. We took one trip down that alley in broad daylight and decided we never will go down that again. So we'll take the extra 3 minute walk around the block to get to the bus station. The hostel itself is even a bit weird. The person at the reception desk told us when we were checking in "Here is your bed sheets (which I don't think have been washed in a while...) and our lounge is open 24/7. We don't care if you drink, sing, play the piano all night, we don't care." And not to be racist but the people running the hotel are indian, so the whole place smells of 'indian food and cat piss' (Jenny's words, not mine) So yeah, we are going to sleep (hopefully) and get out of here as soon as possible in the morning and just travel around the city until our flight leaves later in the day. All would be good but even the city is creepy. EVERYONE smokes here and everyone gives you the shifty eye and watches wherever we go. The main streets aren't very populated either, there aren't too many tourists. So it's just a very creepy city... It's a good thing we're only staying here for one day! Well, that's it for now, I will write when I get to London!