Thursday, 18th June - I woke at 6am threw on clothes, made the bed, brushed my teeth, and ran out of the house by 610am. The goal was to catch a 618 bus to City Center. Made it to the bus stop in plenty of time to tie my shoes and catch the bus (that arrived and left a minute early!). Got to city center, walked two blocks, and saw that I was 5 minutes late to catch the bus to the airport. The next one wouldn't be for another half hour. But - that bus was running late!! After only several minutes of waiting, my bus came and I was on my way to the airport to get Ben! 25 mins later found me in the waiting area for International Arrivals... Ben's plane had landed according to the board, but they were waiting on the other side of the wall for their luggage... To fast forward, when Ben came through the doors, we hugged, had a potty stop, caught 2 busses back to my place, introduced him to the family I'm living with, and then napped til 1130am. (It was almost 9am when we reached my flat.) The plan for the day was a short day trip to Stirling Castle, so after showers and breakfast, we got the train from Queen Street Station to Stirling Station. The train ride was about 45 minutes long, through scenic countryside and little villages and farms. Then we had to walk uphill through the town of Stirling to reach the castle. It was a cute town, very old, lots of brickwork, tons of little shops and stores and places to eat! The view of the countryside from Stirling Castle was great!
It's situated right at a bend in the river and you can see for miles around (on a clear day). (For a historically inaccurate portrayal of Stirling Castle, see the movie "Braveheart"). Unfortunately, the weather wasn't cooperating 100% with our desire to see Stirling Castle and we had to battle with periodic rainy patches and cold, windy, spells... We had a guided tour that took us around the outside of the castle and through some of the rooms inside, and we learned about the history of the castle, the kings who lived there, battles fought over it and nearby. It was very interesting! (Too bad I don't remember all of the details to recount them here, but if you're curious, just go take the tour!) Then, after a lovely afternoon at Stirling Castle, we took the train back to Glasgow, walked down Buchanan Street a little ways, ate dinner at TGIFridays (you don't come to the UK for the food, right?!?), stopped to get some groceries, and then made our way home to get some sleep.
*Remember, to see all of the pictures from the trip, check out my photo site: mystykgrlsmoments.shutterfly.com
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