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Staying at the awesome Ballindarroch Country House, we toured Loch Ness and its surroundings, heading southwards from its location near Inverness towards Fort Augustus, where we crossed the Caledonian Canal, and back up north on the opposite side, past the Monster Center, and with a detour to the Glen Affric for some hiking. Loch Ness unfortunately is only a big lake.

Driving alongside the scenic route on the north coast from Fraserburgh, we took a brief detour down a steep hill into the small fishing village of Pennan. Its rusty red telephone box plays a role in the 1980s movie called "Local Hero".

On our way north, we came by Slains Castle, a ruin sitting on the cliffs and right off A975. Scotland is full of abandoned castles, churches and houses like this.

Starting from the airport, we picked up our rental car, and started out (on the left side of the road!) towards the downtown area, where - after checking in to the hotel - we walked around exploring the area. We spent the second day mostly at the beach, walking along the high sand dunes, breathing in sea air and enjoying the sunshiny weather. On the morning of our third day, we started northbound, visiting old Aberdeen on the way.

Seen during a wild thunder storm that erupted over southwest Germany last evening.

After having handed back the apartment to the landlord, we walked down to beach in La Saline Les Bains once more, and headed back to the airport where our flight was scheduled for the evening. On our way we visited the reminder of the Chemin de fer de La Réunion and Saint-Denis' downtown area and waterfront walk.

We went to revisit the Cormorans waterfalls to experience them in nicer weather and with less people around earlier in the morning. We wanted to climb the Maïdo later that day but unfortunately weren't able to access it - a forest fire had devasted part of its surroundings two weeks earlier and the area was still closed down to the public.

The third cirque we visited was Cilaos - the trip there via N5, a road curving up the hilly region in as much as 426 serpentines, being as spectacular as the area itself.