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Stirling retreat


A well deserved outing out of Glasgow, after three and a half months here saw me and the mates going to Stirling, a city, well, a very small city an hours drive from here. Not that we could have chosen a better day for the trip, the mercury plummetted to a bone chilling -5C!
(Pic:In an animated discussion with his royal highness while the jester looks on)
The main attraction of Stirling, the Stirling Castle, the place of cornation of the legandary Queen of Scotts, and witness to the wars faught by the Scottish heros William Wallace and Robert the Bruce against their English counterparts. The scenic beauty of the palace took us a while to absorb, so did the entry fee to the castle (still not recovered from it)!

Well, it brings me back to our roots, as Indians. Not that we didn't build castles and forts similar to this one if not better, my point focusses on our stingy attitude. Having paid the amount for the castle entry, we cribbed on the fact whether we should pay an additional sum for taking an audio tour, which inevitably, we didn't. Then throughout the trip, we ate each others heads off going on whether it was actually William Wallace who was the king who poisoned his servant to check the authenticity of the mysterious unicorns tusk or someone else and why did he not use it as a battle sword in the first place against King George of England! I guess the audio extra would have put us out of our misery!


Anyways, the golden rule is that, you will find Indians all over the place, and even in the remote city of Stirling, we managed to find an Indian restraunt where we decided to lunch!


Back to Glasgow in the evening, I think it was a fair trip all things considered although I don't think I will ever visit a castle in the near future, not without an audio tour atleast!


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