inside Auchendennan House

Annalise asked for some pictures of the inside of the Castle/Manor House turned hostel that I'm staying in, and here they are! Most of these are of the 2 1/2 story ballroom with a glass raised ceiling.

Clan MacFarlane

We found a cemetery in Arrochar that was like none I have ever seen. On one side were extremely old graves dating back hundreds of years. On the other side there were graves as recent as May, 2011. This cemetery has been in constant use for a few hundred years, and there was still room for more! Back in the extremely old side, I found a cluster of members from the Clan MacFarlane. I was probably viewing the graves of my very very ancient ancestors.

clouds and rain

Today was perfect Scottish weather! We walked to Arrochar from Tarbet in the rain and it was awesome! These lands are the old Clan MacFarlane lands, of which I am a part of. It was really meaningful walking through the lands of my ancestors. Every time it started raining too hard, we'd go find a pub and have a pint and wait out the storm. After about 15 minutes the rain would usually lesson and we could walk around in the mist. We found some history of the clan there, but there wasn't much. I'll post about the cemetery we found later. Here are a bunch of pictures of clouds around Loch Lomond and Loch Long. Today was probably the most beautiful day we've had this entire trip! 

coolest hostel ever

Janelle and I are staying three nights in the coolest hostel I have ever seen! It's an old manor house slash castle! It's called Auchendennan House and has a crazy history. The grounds were used by Robert the Bruce, this house was build by crazy rich nobles, and it was used by the US military in WWII, and now it's a hostel!