We did one of these cheesy tourist trips, following the traces of William Wallace and Robert de Bruce trip the whole day.
After a two hour trip we arrived at the William Wallace Monument aka (also known as) Mel Gibson. There was even a William Wallace statue, which looked like Mel Gibson.
After that we went to the Stirling Castle in Stirling, a highly cultural place, which is mainly connected to Mary Stuart, Queen of the Scots.
Some famous lady, but I never know why she was so important. Bus she must have been dangerous, because her husbands never lived long.
The first died quite fast after just two years of marriage (Mary was 17 then). She killed the second one, because he has killed her lover. The third on got also killed (but this time not by her) because he was a Protestant (and not a Catholic). And then somwhow Mary had to flee to London and was put into the London Tower, where she got killed 20 years later. What a tragedy...
Anyhow, that castle was boring and it was raining again (what a surprise). Then we went to a beautiful cemetry where I have already been a 3 years ago. At that time I went there with a local student in the middle of the night, which was quite frightening, but very exciting.
Finally we went to the Battlefield of Bannockburn, one of the most famous place for the Scots, because after that victory they had 400 years of independence. That war was won by Robert de Bruce (also known from the movie) with the tactics invented by William Wallace (you remember the scene in the movie).
Thats the place where Scots are really proud of and where they got their national prid from.
All in all that trip was quite nice, mainly because I know much more about Scottish history now...
Posted by Felix at September 30, 2003 04:45 PM | TrackBack