Today was a travel day - but even at that, it was amazing. The train from Fort William to Glasgow went through some of the most breathtaking highland scenery. It's stunningly beautiful.
On the train, we ended up chatting with a young lady who was on her way from Skye to visit her boyfriend in the Midlands of England. She is a third year university student, studying Gaelic and Religious Studies, and I get many of my questions about the language answered.
Even better, a trio of young men came onto the train after the second stop and they turned out to be new high school graduates from the Netherlands! They had just completed a hiking tour of the highlands as their own post-gratuation trip. Zach struck up a conversation (and I quickly absented my middle-aged self) and they spent the whole trip chatting and working a word puzzle in the paper together. Again, this is just the type of experience I was hoping Zach would get, and I couldn't be more happy for this coincidence. He figured out that he had to talk a little slower, but instead of not using slang, he just explained it as he went along.
Zach was struck with the maturity of the guys, and mentioned that they seemed much older to him. Again - couldn't be happier :)
We catch an early flight to Dublin in the morning, and will be there for three days. I will take him around on the first day, then probably set him loose the second to explore on his own. High time he had a chance to strike out without his frowsy old uncle in tow. Dublin's a great place for that. We will get cell phones after arriving, so will have a way to keep in touch.
I'm going to go back and try to add the pictures to the posting from last night. Check back in a few minutes to see if I was successful!
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