Last night in Scotland

Today we woke up to rain in Aberfoyle.  We headed out for Stirling, the same place we were more than a week ago sitting in traffic and eating ice cream for lunch.  This time we were going to tour the castle.  Stirling is the seat of the Kings of Scotland and England.  This is an amazing place high on a cliff in Stirling.  We drove right up to the top parking lots staring straight at Robert the Bruce.  We grabbed  our raincoats and rushed to beat the six huge bus loads of tourists that were getting ready to go in. We didn't let the rain stop us.   I used my iPad this time for pictures and I think they came out okay. Stirling Castle has a great set up for historical learning.  The time lines of the Scottish kings is amazing and they have beautiful rooms that date back 500 years to James the V and VII.  He built Castle Stirling for his Queen, Mary de Guise who is the mother of Mary Queen of Scots.  

We viewed many amazing spaces and saw where the famous Unicorn and the Lady tapestry was hanging originally.  The Scottish national trust is providing funding to reproduce it as it was originally made.  After the museum I was on the hunt for my final tribute to Scottish ice cream.  After the rain the mist started rising and I m I got have to send Kathy to Brigadoon if she doesn't stop singing.  I rather like the poetry of Robbie Lena Burns.  Highland mist is amazing.  Our last graveyard adventure was to drive on a sheep again, Kathy's last time to view the grave of Robert MacGregor, Rob Roy.  A great final way to end my fabulous time in Scotland.