Blogs from Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 15

Today was awesome. We were the quintessential tourists. We started the day by driving to Stirling and visiting its castle. While in Stirling we stopped by The Church of the Holy Rude, then the old jail, and walked the town centre. After that we went up to Alva, Scotland. This is the village that was this year’s first teaching match that didn’t work out. It was a beautiful town bordering the Ochil (Oak-Hill) Mountains. Camille bagged her second peak, albeit sleeping. I will undoubtedly return there, as the hill walking was to die for, as the pictures will show. I also must return to golf the Alva Golf Club. The course bordered these stunning hills. After that we went to the William Wallace Monument. Following that we had dinner in a quaint Italian Café. All in ... read more

Your mother was a hampster, and your father smelled of elderberries! Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Stirling By JLECRAGSJuly 1st 2007 "Is there anyone else up there I can talk to?" "No. Now go away or I may taunt you a second time!" Yes, we visited Duone Castle, the setting for Monty Python and Holy Grail. It was better than all the other places we've gone, in my opinion, because they let you go and walk around by yourself without a guide or even an audio tape. The castle, before the day of Monty Python, was used as a hunting lodge for kings and queens. After that we were basically dying of starvation so ... read more

Had a great time in Scotland. David's Mum and Dad (Catherine and Bill) came to visit us in Switzerland and then we all headed up to Scotland for Easter. Catherine was a real trooper and although I know she was in alot of pain sometimes, she made the trip there and back to Zurich and took it all in her stride. Dave, myself and Angus stayed with Dave's Cousin Linda & John and their daughter Kelly. They are really lovely people and made us feel right at home. Linda waited on us hand and foot! And John became Angus "punching bag"....(thanks John!). Dave only stayed in Stirling for 4 days but we managed to go to Stirling Castle and up to Edinburgh Castle as well. Unfortunately, Dave missed the big Reynolds gathering on Easter Sunday ... read more

Stirling Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Stirling By lgh5000March 15th 2007The day after Jen's arrival, we started our 2 day treck in Scotland (my favorite place in the world). We rented a VW minivan (mind you, European vans are MUCH smaller than American ones), and fit the 6 of us in it. 2 in the front, 3 squished in the middle, and 1 even more squished in the back. It was a lot of fun ;) Our first stop was Stirling. We went up to the castle, took a hike around that area, and then drove to the William Wallace Monument. It was a good first taste of Scotland for Joe, Matt, Ross, and Kristen.... read more

Yeah I'm here with my Scottish family, so good to see them, they make me laugh so much. The first day I arrived we went to Ayr, nice town. I had a scottish breakfast, not keen on black pudding! Today we went to Stirling Castle, Banockburn and the wallace monument. SO much history 9it was great. I climbed the monument, a memorial to William Wallace the hero of Scotland, (Braveheart) all the way up these tiny narrow spiral 246 steps. I got a certificate to prove it! An the view at the top was amazing, but freezing. Scotland is beautiful. Then we went to the famous battle of bannockburn sight and I got to try out all the old weapons fun! Stirling Castle was reall nice, on topof a hill with another great view it had ... read more