Reality:
partly cloudy AM, rain and sun and clouds PM
07:30 wake up
08:00 breakfast: peeled fruit, grapefruit juice, croissant, bacon, sausage, egg

08:30 check out of Hilton, taxi to Edinburgh Waverley
08:45 no first class lounge on weekends
08:46 wander around station

09:05 take Aberdeen-Inverness train

    ride through Carnoustie
    ride through Aberdeen
    ride through Huntly

13:48 arrive in Inverness
13:50 walk to Hawthorn House
14:00 get key and leave bags
14:10 visit famous Scottish restaurant (you know, the one with the arches): #3 (1/4 pounder, fries, Sprite) + apple pie like Mom use to order before the %&$^%! lawyers ruined it. £3.70
15:15 get on double decker tour bus

15:45 move downstairs as rain starts

 

16:45 finish tour, walk back to room
18:05 walk to Dickens Restaurant
18:15 Order grilled steak, chicken and prawns with baked potato. £32.00 for two.
19:00 walk around Inverness

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20:00 return to room

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