Lunchtime in Stirling
After our brief stop at the Braveheart statue Mark took us along the cobbled, hilly and bumpy streets of Stirling into the downtown shopping district. I had about enough of Shepherd's Pie and after three consecutive week's away from American junk food Gail and I both agreed on poisoning ourselves at Burger King. We both ordered Whopper's and giant-sized Cokes. We spent so much time waiting in line then sitting down to fully enjoy our shots of cholesterol that we had no time to explore this fascinating area of town. All too quickly we met up with the rest of our group and headed-up this street (King Street) to meet up with Mark and the bus.
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