Golden Lion Hotel Stirling

Fun trip to Murrayfield for Scotland v Fiji.....lots of happy Scottish faces after the win, boys in fancydress, stag parties galore, chuc-chucs ferrying folks home in the rain, great cocktails in an Italian Jazz bar and running to catch last train back home on a busy busy Saturday night train heading South.

... we were drinking our coffee we decided to do a quick sketch of the train station. As we were sitting there a nice older man in a kilt caught a glance of what we were doing and invited himself over. He pulled up a chair and started to explain to us that he used to teach architectural drawing classes and now is a professional artist who gives presentations on his work. He asked to take a look of each of our sketchbooks and gave ...

Hi Folks,<br>We are back in Edinburgh after spending a week in Lanzarote! Sun sun sun. Aaron and I are off to a Scottish wedding tonight then a quick 6 days before we set off on our big South America Trip.<br><br>Update you more once we arrive in Lima. <br><br>Adios

... that but we've decided **** it if we have to come home then we have to come home cant do a thing about it! its still a recession over here we knew that but dont think we fully realised so we have decided to shrug that off and if we're gunna run out of money we would rather do it having heaps of fun seeing places than mopring around edinburgh or london hoping to find a job!<br><br>So since coming to that conclusion everything ...

... town...) and by a distinct lack of attention being paid to me. Why is no one looking at me? Why has no one asked me for my phone number? Or to marry me?! Why are the children not shouting at me, where are all the cries of &#8220;Yovo, yovo, bonsoir, ça va bien, merci!&#8221;? <br><br>I think I am feeling more back to normal now. This town never changes.<br><br>So I realise I've not actually said anything at all about the last month in Togo ...

... get some dinner. I was finally able to find vegetables! They were almost cooked to the point of being mushy, but I enjoyed my green beans, carrots, new potatoes. They went very well with my lamb. There was absolutely nothing fried anywhere on my plate! Woohoo! The lamb was quite good as well. Mmmmm. And I finally found McEwans again!! yahoo! <br>Tomorrow we are off to the highlands at Glen Coe. Again, not sure if there will be wifi, but I will update if there is. <br>

The plan to climb a munroe (mountain over 3000ft apparently), setting off from the Crianlarich Youth Hostel, went out of the window the moment I woke up. It was clear that the rain was going to continue falling for most of the day. So I head off home. The sat nav took me to within a couple of miles from Stirling so I did a detour there and was glad I did. Stirling is like a mini ...

... dark brown/gray, but never had I seen them at the point where they were large and brown. Well, now they're about half brown, half white, and maybe before I leave, they'll be mostly white. I've had a couple cultural experiences worth throwing into the reading this week. Sometime this past week, Aaron (my flatmate) treated us to a proper Irish stew, recipe taught to him by his granny. And ooooh it was ...

... the synopsis I read, is a real jerk. Trust me, I am relishing the chance to play someone not nice. It will certainly be a change from any part I've played before. First rehearsal is on monday and the show goes up the 20th of October (yikes!!). Oh, and for a little added pressure, closing night is already sold out, the other two nights and the single matinee are close to it. This is truely going to be something different ...

Edinburgh is a cool city. we're only going to be here for a day or two but still, the feeling of things here being ancient. Of course the castle right outside the window of my hotel kind of adds to the feeling as well. We toured Edinburgh ...