Some quick notes on the hotels we stayed at during our visit to Scotland: Queens Guest House: top floor room, under slanted roof. Shower in room, toilet in separate room, also slanted roof. First night: Wet Wet Wet concert at Stirling Castle, clearly hearable through the skylight. Not unpleasant. Throughout the night some noise from …
We got up bright & early and were all packed at 7am. We went downstairs and had a quick ‘continental breakfast’. The only other early risers were the ‘All Blades’. The taxi arrived right on time at 7.30, and after a short & quick drive we arrived at Prestwick. We did pass a large police …
Breakfast good & quick. After breakfast when we were back in the room I noticed to my embarrassment that I still had the key of Ardenlee in my pocket! After we reported our small toilet problem we got on the bus to Ayr. First priority there was finding a post office so that I could …
First another good breakfast. Then we packed up again and checked out. We grabbed a cab to the bus station at St. Andrews square. There we put our suitcases in a locker. We took out some more cash, and headed for the City Sightseeing. Here we were told that because of the canceled services yesterday …
Yet another traditional English breakfast. After that we headed for the sightseeing tour (with first a stop at the Cat Gallery). This time we got off at Edinburgh Castle. We spent a couple of hours visiting most of it, and also witnessed the daily 1pm canon shot. From the castle we also observed a small …
Still plenty of dark clouds in the sky, but no rain coming down. The breakfast was better organized than the dinner the night before: Only 1 hostess working, but she did a superb job in seating everyone and supplying everyone with their choice of coffee or tea, white or brown toast, and cooked breakfast. Check-out …