This photo was taken from the Old North Bridge in Edinburgh, while Marjo and I were on a hunt for Indian food.
On Saturday morning, Marjo and I met up with the International Club to take a train to Stirling, which is about a 50-minute train ride away from Edinburgh.
This is the outside of the Great Hall at Stirling Castle, with a side shot of an extremely entertaining and enthusiastic tour guide. We loved him!
The castle is situated high up on a volcanic rock, so that the inhabitants could see all of Stirling and beyond.
In the Great Hall. All hail the new queens of Scotland!
Here is a recreation of an original tapestry in the castle depicting the capturing of the unicorn. There are so many legends about what significance the tapestries have;
here's a link that will tell you a bit more about them. A group of weavers is working on recreating the tapestries in the same way that they were originally made. Weaving the whole set of seven tapestries, which date from around 1495, is an 11-year project.
Me, with my best friend, Robert the Bruce.
We found this charming little cafe in downtown Stirling that served home-cooked food, which we were both really craving. There was a whole cart of gourmet desserts, so of course, we had to try a few of them. So delicious!
That tower off in the distance is the Wallace Monument.
This photo was taken from the Old North Bridge in Edinburgh, while Marjo and I were on a hunt for Indian food.
On Saturday morning, Marjo and I met up with the International Club to take a train to Stirling, which is about a 50-minute train ride away from Edinburgh.
This is the outside of the Great Hall at Stirling Castle, with a side shot of an extremely entertaining and enthusiastic tour guide. We loved him!
The castle is situated high up on a volcanic rock, so that the inhabitants could see all of Stirling and beyond.
In the Great Hall. All hail the new queens of Scotland!
Here is a recreation of an original tapestry in the castle depicting the capturing of the unicorn. There are so many legends about what significance the tapestries have; here's a link that will tell you a bit more about them. A group of weavers is working on recreating the tapestries in the same way that they were originally made. Weaving the whole set of seven tapestries, which date from around 1495, is an 11-year project.
Me, with my best friend, Robert the Bruce.
We found this charming little cafe in downtown Stirling that served home-cooked food, which we were both really craving. There was a whole cart of gourmet desserts, so of course, we had to try a few of them. So delicious!
That tower off in the distance is the Wallace Monument.
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