scotland trip - day 3

08-apr-2007

We knew this was going to be a long day since we wanted to reach London this day itself and we were close to 500 miles away from London. So we started early, went north towards Stirling to see the castle. This was some sort of an excavation from which they got the castle out, so many of the things in the castle are still unpolished and some of the things are unexplained. There were dungeons showing the brutality which could have taken place there, not without a proof, like the bones which were found during the excavation.
Not too impressed, we exercised the cameras a bit and headed towards the main attraction of the day, the Edinburgh castle. Another beautiful drive, and we were there.

This was worth the price with the nice museums about the kings, queens and soldiers. The cathedral and the canons were there as usual and the museum had the jewel-studded crown and the swords which was used by the king of Scotland.


Narrow streets of Edinburgh..

It was close to 3:30 and we were all hungry. Luckily we found an Indian restaurant there, which was opened there in 1947. After hogging for a good couple of hours, we started driving towards London. I tend to compare US and UK and for once, I had to raise UK's hand when it came to motorways. They were better than GSP or 270 in NJ, more smoother and well maintained. For the first time in my life, I hit 120mph.

Thought Picasso would fail me, but it didn't. It was a pleasure, very similar to the roller-coaster rides that we were used to in childhood. The best part and the one good thing we did was to enter into London in the middle of the night. The roads were empty and we could reach the destination without having to go through the traffic.

End of another memorable trip..