Scotland - Fort Williams

This was not my first time to visit this place as I was able to kind of explore this last year before I went home.  However, this year when we docked again, I opted to stay onboard. Maybe I had fever or what but I did not have the heart to go out. Haha

Comes another Scottish cruise and viola! I fould myself waiting in the gangway for several minutes and was ashore by 10 in the morning. Now, I have the heart. Hehe

So, what I did in my second visit? The same thing but not EXACTLY the same thing (whatever is happening to me).

We took pictures of the busy main street of Fort Williams. The shops were wide open, people busy doing their thing and mind you, the sun was up. There were no drizzles whatsoever, it was a very fine day, unlike last year.

in full bloom!

Entrance to the main shopping street

High Street!

Timber building!

too big and too sweet!

Just a refresher from wiki, Fort William ("The Garrison") is the second largest settlement in the Highlands of Scotland with around 10,000 inhabitants – and the largest town: only the city of Inverness is larger.

Along the way, there were bagpipe players entertaining the passersby.. So Scotland!

Walking past the cute shops, we arrived in this beautiful park. It's Alexandra hotel and Duncansburgh Church in the background. What a lovely day!

After taking pics (as what we usually do), we went farther - going through the undepass

 to Morrisons, a huge supermarket..

then to this particular spot that was something new to me!

Then we went farther to the left of Morrisons straight to Lidl to look for Kinder Chocolates but to no avail, we went back with choco wafers and very yummy pastries instead.

We ate along the way as the sky started to look gloomy and a few drizzles coming down. We visited Boots and Superdrug to find a conditioner but nothing of the scent I was looking for. Then, we looked for a place to eat. We were supposed to go to the place we tried before but I suggested to go somewhere new. Hence, we settled in this Fish and Chips corner in the main street. They served us 1/4lbs burgers for £3 each. It was a nice try actually and I was sooo full I wasn't able to finish it all.

If you are a philatropist at heart or a fan of second-hand shops, there are various hospice and charity shops where you can buy quality clothes for just a few pounds. Surely, sooo much of your time will be consumed as there are several of them. It feels good though knowing you have helped the community.

I had 30 minutes left so, we went back to the tender boat bidding Fort Williams goodbye as the tender slowly sailed to Boudicca. See you again this June! :)

Scotland - Greenock

Here we go again! We went out around 10 in the morning and started our day in Greenock's main shopping street. We had no plans of going through the charity shops but they are just sooo inviting and they are filled with people! I ended up with 2 dresses for £2 each and 3 books for £1. I don't know if those fits (I have many girl cousins though should they not). I'm more than happy to find 3 nice books anyway. I have loads of them already in the cabin and I don't know when would I be able to open them all up. Hehe After the charity shops, we went straight to KFC. This was actually the goal for today - to eat out in KFC. So, we went left of the mall and at the back of Tesco. We had a bucket meal and ate to the full of our stomachs. I don't know why I was able to survive in these kind of meals where rice is not available. Just getting used it, maybe. Haha just a quick stop for the only photo of the day From KFC, we went to Oak Mall and started to shop - groceries, toiletries, clothes, etc. before heading back to Boudicca.

Iceland - Eskifjørdur - høfn

The last port of our Iceland adventure is the charming seaside town of Eskifjordur.

Taking this description from our Tour leaflets, this town is located in the middle of the East Fjords and takes its name from the fjord on which it sits .

I had the choice to go out because we were docked alongside but here I go again with my unpredictable personality. I did not explore it. I was looking outside the port hole and saw waterfalls running from the top of the very large fjord. I don't know what went wrong or right, I just felt I saw what has to be seen already. Haha

Well, just to give you a glimpse of this very simple fishing village, I braved the cold weather and went to the outside deck. Here's what I saw..

Maybe the next time I'll be here, I'll hop on a tour and see more and explore what this town has to offer. :)