Saturday, October 17, 2009

Pictures Fixed + Edinburgh

Hey everyone. Sorry about the pictures not working out so well the last time. I have fixed the problem and will hopefully be adding some more pictures to the few articles.

This is my trip to Edinburgh. I went out to see Lord of the Dance and it was incredible. At least 30 tap dancers in rhythm with some amazing scores of music and fiddlers who played and tapped at the same time. It was just amazing to watch.

I stayed on High Street in a hostel overlooking the street. It was a ton of fun and spent the night in a room with three german/russian guys. Couldnt tell which by the accents.
The next morning I went out on the town checking out the sights.

This was a view from up near the castle. I didnt get to go in but outside was amazing enough. I also wandered around town lost for quite some time but it was worth it because I saw some really impressive statues and buildings. Like St. Mary's Cathedral.

It was an impressive structure hidden away in Edinburgh. I hope to go back and go in sometime.
It was a really great trip and I hope I can go back because there were a lot of sights I didnt see and really want to. Needless to say that it was a great trip for the Student Wanderer.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Problems With Pictures

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted here. It seems I am very busy and that pictures will not upload on to my computer at the moment. *cue heavy sigh*
Well I am back and will try to bring you all up to speed.

I have seen an amazing abandoned abbey that is the burial place of King James the 2nd. Only the foundation and the bell tower remain but it was a really cool find. And it is all thanks to this hiking book I found with several locations around Stirling. It shows you the walk and tells you about everything you are going to see. I plan on doing all the walks by the time I leave Scotland.

In addition to the Abbey I have now officially been to the site of the shooting of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Though I will not be able to post pictures of that one yet thanks to the problem of the pictures. But soon.
It was amazingly beautiful and I didn't make it inside because we were just a little bit late but it was still beautiful. My friend Andrew and I also saw a fairy ring(a small circle of mushrooms) and outside was a circle of stones. It was really cool actually. And we snuck across an old bridge(there weren't any signs saying keep out I swear) and took pictures of some old farm ruins that were really neat as well.

There will be more pictures next time when I actually get my pictures working so to leave you this is a picture of Stirling Bridge that is actually working.