The Wallace Monument

Here we go again. When we at Stirling Castle we realized we could actually see the William Wallace Monument, as it also stood up on a hilltop not far from the Castle. We took the drive through town and when we got there we realized - by god, what a hill! (I'm so glad I am healthy and fit..ish.. so that I had the strength to walk up.)

Here you see the William Wallace Monument with Mr Wallace himself standing watchful over Stirling county.

After that climb we went to our first BnB where we were going to stay two nights. It was situated in Inverkeithing, on the other side of the Forth River, close to Edinburgh. That night we took a pub-round (we call it 'pub-runda' in swedish) in Edinburgh and managed to find the cooolest pub in the whole of Scotland, Jekyll and Hyde in Frederick Street near Old Town, Edinburgh. It was completely redone to look like a mad scientists home with the darkness, the horror cabinets, the candelabers, the hidden doors in the bookshelf. Being a sci fi nerd my self, I fell in love with the place instantly!

The picture to the left shows a little alley we just stumbled upon in Edinburgh coming up from Market Street near the trainstation. Iit just like taken out of Oliver Twist or something similar?

The next day we went to the Deep Sea World where we saw sharks swimming above our heads. Unfortunately I didnt film it because the batteries had then ran out. Typically. All though, I managed to take a photo of a fake shark and it looks almost as scary as the real thing!

Grrr arrg.

That's all you get for tonight folks! Now I'm going to get comfy (is that how you write it?) with The Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann, and of course the obligatory chocolat. Some day I really have to think about quitting chocolat...but not today.

Haste ya back!