Meanwhile, back in the castle
While I was wandering around outside Stirling Castle unable to return inside because James never gave us our tickets, Gail and most of the rest of the group continued their escorted tour. The thing that most impressed her was seeing these artists working on this tapestry inside the Great Hall. They are working on recreating a series of seven Medieval tapestries that chronicled the hunt for a unicorn. They will be a recreation of tapestries already displayed at the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York.
After waiting outside for what seemed like hours I finally went back inside the outer bailey of the castle. After about a 15 minute wait members of our group began to trickle out. Gail never noticed I was missing.
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