An Evening Stroll Along the River Ness

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One of the more interesting things about living so far north is how incredibly long the summer days are. In Florida, the sun rises around 6:30 or so and it sets somewhere around 8:30 during Summer's peak. Here in Inverness, the sun rises around 4:30 in the morning and sets around 10:30. The dusky sky lasts until about 11, too. That wreaks havoc with your sense of time, let me tell you. Usually, I'm showered by 9:30 and in bed by 10. I've only been in bed before 11:30 once since we've been here and that's only because I forced myself to go!

Thursday was our busy day. We picked up my residency card, opened a bank account, did some grocery shopping, and bought SIM cards for our cell phones. Since we hadn't done much in the way of fun all day, we decided to go for a walk. It was 9:30 p.m.

Our temporary apartment is just a block from the River Ness. 

This is Inverness Castle. They're currently doing renovations to the north tower. They're adding an observation platform. While the site once boasted an actual castle, it was blown up by the Jacobites in 1746. This red sandstone castle was built ninety years later and was never actually a castle. It's home to the city administration offices, sheriff, and jail.

A row of buildings across the bridge from the first pic I shared. I just liked the look of the block.

We crossed the bridge and walked along the river bank.

I have a thing about the juxtaposition between vintage and modern. That's what attracted me to this shot of the church with the footbridge in the foreground. Several bridges traverse the River Ness. Most are footbridges.

I joked that this funeral home cut out the middle man by being based in an old church. Look how massive it is!

We recrossed the river on one of the vehicle bridges. It's now after 10 at night and the lights are starting to come on. You can just make out the colored lights on the bridge in the distance. That's the first one we crossed.

A quaint row of cottages.

The clock on this church tower is nine minutes slow. It was actually 10:24. 

It's finally twilight.

Our starting point all aglow in color-changing lights.















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