King Robert 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.

The next destination on our trip was to Scotland. Now, this is a place I have had on my list to see for a long time. The chance to finally experience it and see it in its full glory was awesome! We landed pretty much on top of water and were able to see the water the entire train ride into Glasgow. <br><br>When we arrived at the train station in Glasgow, the group got separated and we decided to wait for them and get a coffee ...

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

Well we've been in edinburgh for awhile now about a week for jake nearly 2 for me, its a great city but we're struggling to find work oppurtunities, seems like every backpacker we meet is trying to do the same thing and any job you apply for atleast a 100 other ppl have as well so frustrating putting a bit of a damper on the trip or maybe its the weather who knows but if we dont get work well guess the trip ends nothing can be done ...

... for that.. the women that look after the kids, basically!) and seem pretty happy! You'll be pleased, therefore, to know I am still sans enfant. We just played with them a lot &#8211; fun for them and good for me too, as I know lots of French kids' songs now (courtesy of the scouts of Besancon who were working there too, building a wall around the orphanage)! They (the kids, not the Scouts) LOVED playing musical chairs with the djembé that ...

The passport arrived! With around forty hours before I was due to leave, it arrived!<br><br>Which sent me into overdrive hyper getting ready mode:<br><br>Trail round tourist shops (ta mum!) trying to find something acceptable to bring to host family.... check!<br><br>Phone some nuns in Mali to find somewhere to stay tomorrow night.... check!<br><br>Reimpregnate mosquito net.... check!<br><br>Start taking malaria tablets.... check!<br><br>Say goodbye to ...

The day dawned with sunny overcast and a chill breeze. The intrepid travellers, with Morag the GPS, a distant relative of Bob the Bruce, chattering happily in the back seat, set off in the general direction of Sterling. On route was Linlithgow, a pretty town with its ruined castle and operating church. Ould not get into church or palm Sunday as they lock out the tourists at service time. Cool castle, but. On to Blackness castle. Castle looks up and down the Forth ...

... soundly indeed - probably for the reasons which will bcome apparent later. First stop for me was the Royal Yacht Brittania, as I can never resist a stickybeak at how Liz lives. Commissioned in the 1950's the decor remains trapped in time. I coudn't believe it when I saw that the Queen's bathroom had green laminex walls.......you know the kind......with little white fleks through the green and with chrome strips between each panel. I ...