Today we left for Syke! The bus ride was long but we did have beautiful scenery of the Scottish Highlands and we made a stop at Glencoe on the way. Glencoe was really beautiful and when I realized it was where Skyfall was filmed I nearly died because I love James Bond. The James Bond film can be used as an example of how stories are not always told with words but also through location and scenery. Film is a visual as well as spoken form of story telling and much of the telling of the story is through the images, the location. It just so happens that Glencoe was the "right" location for James Bond's childhood.
I was also able to take some really amazing photos at Glencoe and the story about the massacre made me want to learn more about it. The highlands were extremely beautiful and reminded me a lot Southern Oregon, as did the Isle of Skye when we began to see it in the distance and then pass on the bridge to go over to the island. We were also able to make a small stop at Lochness, but without seeing much more than some ducks. After arriving on the island, we had dinner at a small local restaurant, and then we finally arrived to the school and checked into our rooms and went to sleep.
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