SAST Wingees

Scotland

Had been to Scotland (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling) a couple of weeks ago – back to earth now. What a place !!

‘ Picture postcard come alive’ is a phrase that immediately trips down the tongue – lush green meadows, serene lochs (lakes), old and eerie castles filled with tales of battles, illicit relationships and amorous liaisons. One could spend endless hours and money and still long for more.

Must see:

The Edinburgh castle (takes 5-6 hours to glance through the various facets). One could easily spend 2 days on this alone.

Loch Lomond , the largest fresh water lake in Europe (the guide referred to it as the largest in world – not quite sure ) that skirts the only nudist camp in the UK .

Stirling castle and the Wallace museum , which capture the exploits of Robert Bruce and Braveheart . Incidentally Braveheart or William Wallace was 7’4” tall and his sword was a mighty 5 feet. Mel Gibson was certainly a poor man’s version .

Edinburgh Botanic Gardens – if you’dlike the kids to run around a bit in the green and keep them from pestering you with a million questions

Shopping: The Scotland Woolen Centre, en-route Stirling – advisable not to take your credit card – high quality woolens at competitive prices – you end up buying more than what you require. You could feed the eagles at the Shop’s doorstep for £2 ( you could make them sit on your hand for an additional £1) and earn their blessings – Scottish Kili Josiyam.

Snippets :

The Scottish sheep is as big as the Chennai cow ; what’s more, it comes in many packs – 3 horns , 4 horns and one of them had 6. Take your pick.

Busses in Edinburgh require you to drop the exact change in the slot, to the last penny – else you do not board .

Wallet Watch : A 5 day trip for 2 adults and 2 kids , from London would cost about £1000. You would end up staying in some of the best hotels /apartments , fly BA . Not too bad for such beautiful memories.