Stirling Proper

View from Stirling Castle

From the Heritage Center

Yesterday, we went on a bust tour of Stirling. We went to Stirling Castle (not inside, just the outside), then to a heritage center, then to a cathedral. The castle has really lovely views! I will have to go back and actually go inside. Our guide also mentioned there is a smaller castle nearby (In Doune) where they filmed Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and the audio tour of the place is given by one of the actors—I can’t remember which one. I will have to get back there too, mostly for the pleasure of making the Iggy and Pop jealous. And sending some good postcards. Not this weekend though—they’re having some sort of Monty Python festival or fayre. Yikes!

Inside the Cathedral, lots of pretty stained glass :)

Today I went into Stirling proper—rather than just Bridge of Allan. I took the bus in, and there were a few girls who had just gotten out of school (they had their little uniforms on). We were the only ones on the top level of the bus, and they were so loud and a bit obnoxious. They kept screaming and banging on the window. I thought Americans were supposed to be the loud ones! Then they started trying to do Irish accents, which was pretty funny because they were so awful!

I finally got to the big grocery store! It was so crowded, but somehow the lines were still short. And now I have a pan (no pot yet) and food for the next two-ish weeks. I got Sultana Bran cereal—aka Raisin Bran. And I got a tub of strawberries!  They are so cute and little and grown in England somewhere. To think, I was worried about being able to get fruit here!

Today there was also something very amazing going on. However I missed it. There were free nachos and music in the art center! Uhm, where was I??? Oh right. Grocery shopping. Humph! Anyway, it was a preview for a concert this weekend. I think I’m going to go with a few girls from my floor, they said the bands were pretty good. I hope this is true.

Hopefully this is not me.

That is pretty much all for now. I have one more class to attend on Monday before I have gone to all them. I have no class tomorrow, so I will have to do something productive. Maybe.  Or maybe I will just walk into Stirling and look at everything like a crazy tourist :)