Scotland Trip

Trip to Scotland May 2005
(with my little brother Greg and his college IWU)

We started our trip in Chicago and flew to London. Then flew to Aberdeen, where we met the coolest tour guide ever!! Spencer!

Day 1: May 16th � Arrived in Aberdeen.
-Balmoral Castle (Purchased by Queen Victoria in 1848, the Estate has been the Scottish Home of the British Royal Family ever since.)
-Crathie Church (the Queen�s little church nearby the castle)

a view from Aberdeen

Balmoral Castle

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Balmoral Clock Tower

Balmoral Castle

Katie & Lauren at Balmoral Castle.

-We spent the night in Perth at the Ramada Jarvis Perth Hotel. (this hotel in Perth use to be an old mill and still has water running underneath.)

Marisa my super cool roominmate. Jenny and Cara are also in the pic!

Lauren & I were totally entertained by the little man running for the exit.

Pics of Perth from our evening walk to the river!

Greg and Katie

Yes, I took a pic of a theatre building. I am a bit addicted. fear not it will only get worse in London.

Day 2:May 17th Edinburgh day
-drove over the 4th Road Bridge (The Forth Road Bridge was built in 1958 and finished in 1964.) {This highway suspension bridge crosses the Firth of Forth in Scotland and just half a mile away from the Forth Railway Bridge, the Railway Bridge is the second longest cantilever span in the world. Even today, no other bridge can match it for awesome scale and it was built in 1890.}

(the island was a monastery then a leaper colony)

Forth Railway Bridge

Crathie Church

Town of Edinburgh and a few things we saw by bus.
-new Parlament Building
-Scott Monument
-Old Playhouse
-Bedlam Theater
-Calton Hill (this place has an awesome view)

Calton Hill

view from Calton Hill

Yes, I know more random theater pics. This is the old playhouse and the Bedlam Theater in Edinburgh.

New Pailament Building

Spencer (the best guide ever) taking pics up on Calton Hill! Note his nifty kilt!

Edinburgh

Allen (the coolest bus driver) and the gang in the bus.

Edinburgh Castle Road I walked in the middle cause I'm a princess and that was were royality walked cause the stones were raised so crap would go around your feet. :-)

We also visited the following places.
-Edinburgh Castle (I saw the crown jewels and the prisons)
-William Wallace Statue at Edinburgh Castle (I love Braveheart, eventhough it's not totally acurate)
-St Giles Cathedral (We took a tour here to see The Thistle Chapel which was built in 1911 for Scotland's order of chivalry, the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle.)
-Scotland National Gallery of Art (I went here all alone but found some great new artist to admire.) {Paton's Oberon & Titania} {Gilbert's Comedy Tadgey}
-Swallow Tinto Hotel (We Stayed here for 2 nights)

Katie & Ambria as pretty statues!

Edinburgh Castle Great Hall

Edinburgh Castle

William Wallace

Edinburgh Castle

St. Giles Thistle Cathedral

Alfred Gilbert 's Comedy and Tragedy &
Sir Joseph Noel Paton' s The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (1849)

Scotland National Gallery of Art

Day 3: May 18th.
- found my future castle (You are all welcome to come visit me in Scotland)
-we also stopped at this awesome view of Scotland that had lots of yellow flowers
- went to Dryburgh Abbey (founded in 1150 by Hugh de Moreville, established under the influence of King David I. { one of the most beautiful places.} Sir Walter Scott's grave is here)
-went on a tour of Sir Walter Scott' s Abbotsford House (this place was huge)
-then for dinner we went to a Ceilidh for the Taste of Scotland with the Three Scottish Tenors

future castle of Princess Katherine