And Hokage: Monday, 18 October 2010, Day Two. Who wants to follow my directions the day on the card that can use this route plan as a guide.
After our castle ...
... visit the day before so the opening times had been the victim, we started on Monday morning, the second attempt, and this time we were successful. Admission costs a No less than 13 pounds (there are probably even 14), but it should be worth it:
Edinburgh Castle is an attraction that brings in turn a number of attractions such as would be the really unimpressive St . Margaret's Chapel :
It was built in the 12th century and is the oldest surviving single building of the castle, maybe even the whole city.
guarded front of the chapel Mons Meg castle and city:
Well, actually kann diese überdimensionierte Kanone nicht mehr viel bewachen, denn ein beim Abfeuern gerissener Eisenring setzte sie schon im 17. Jahrhundert außer Gefecht.
Der Blick von der Burg über die Stadt war fantastisch, wenn auch durch den grauen Himmel getrübt. Das letzte Ziel vom Vortag, Arthur's Seat , konnten wir bei dieser Gelegenheit auch noch mal in seiner vollen Größe bewundern:
Eine der Hauptattraktionen der Burg sind mit Sicherheit die dort ausgestellten schottischen Kronjuwelen – die Honours of Scotland –, die wir uns natürlich auch nicht entgehen ließen. Leider herrschte behind this impressive door ...
... taking photographs, so I would refer to pictures of the crown, sword and scepter to the appropriate bottom of the castle site .
little more than an hour we spent so at the castle, where we have many other parts of buildings, spaces and exhibitions in fast-forward and certainly took away are even more next left, before we took the rented car were headed our next day's destination. As a vehicle under a light motorized Chevrolet Aveo served with switching inhibition in fourth gear.
Here are some words to road traffic in the UK: the islanders know, so continue to insist on the traffic systems and for better or worse, we had to adapt to this archaic practice (of the distance and speed information in miles instead of kilometers, not to mention all times). The getting used to the other side of the road I felt as a not so difficult, but it is more of a challenge: If you go to the right side of the car at the wheel sits, the gear is of course left, so the switching mainly by the unusual hand less makes intuitive. In the end we got but all journeys without incident (apart from maybe one, see below) behind us. Our next
Goal was a few kilometers
... and inside there was again even taking photographs. But if any of conspiracy theories, Templar and Masonic references, may inspire the search for the Holy Grail, and similar stories for the chapels inside, and not least the wonderfully compelling and well-to-understand English recited led chapel tour a mine of allusions and points of contact. The English Wikipedia article about the chapel gives a first impression.
And off we went towards
on a hill outside the city was this tower in the 19th century in honor of the Scottish freedom fighter and national hero Sir William Wallace built. (See the next picture on the left side of the tower) A spiral staircase leads up ...
... punctuated by areas with exhibits and information about the monument and its namesake:
is at the top of the stairs, then finally a viewing platform, sharing the views of the city and surrounding areas:
This was followed by longer sections back in the car, a stop on the banks of Loch Lomond in which we deal with on a Tourist Information , which is probably spending spree, tourist information. And finally, it began to dawn again, we left the major streets, right into the nature of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park (whose site way is a disaster in terms of information processing and presentation ).
Eine kleine Wanderung durch den umliegenden Wald führte vollends in die Dunkelheit:
Mit der Zeit machte sich immer deutlicher der über den Nachmittag angesammelte Hunger bemerkbar, und so beschlossen wir, auf der anschließenden Fahrtstrecke nach Möglichkeiten zur Einkehr Ausschau zu halten. Um ein Haar hätten wir dabei selbst unser Abendessen erlegt – denn nach a curve in the forest once stood on deer on the roadway. A rapidly initiated braking maneuvers, however, prevented more serious consequences for both sides. Instead, we rested then charge Inn , a somewhat comfortable lying outside of Callander economy:
The return trip to Edinburgh then led again by the now lit up at night Stirling, which we used as an opportunity to capture some impressions of the local town and castle:
late, we finally reached our base camp again, and a night with little sleep was in the air, because for the next day, our last full in Scotland, was the longest tour planned.
To be continued!