Stirling Castle

The best part of this very busy day was about to come next. We drove to the very top of the hill overlooking Stirling where one of the most history-laden castles in the world stands. Stirling Castle sits high above the flat farmland in this part of Scotland and commands the surrounding country for miles and miles. The castle sits on an easily defended hill with sheer drops on three sides. Stirling Castle was the site of 8 sieges over the nearly 1000 years of its existence.

Day Nine (On to Edinburgh)

July 21st 2006
I made the mistake of watching the morning TV news. The weather report promised more record high temperatures all over Europe. Luckily for us Scotland's record high temps would only reach the upper 80's instead of the near 100's further South. Oddly enough as we started loading up on to the bus it was actually a bit nippy outside. Today's itinerary sounded like another winner to me: We woul ... read more

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