Paula & Michael's Honeymoon in Great Britain - Day Four - Stirling Castle and St. Andrews Scotland

Our Honeymoon in Great Britain

Stirling Castle & St. Andrews Scotland: September 26, 2000

The background is Michael's Ross family tartan

Robert the Bruce Statue Our first morning in Scotland we drove to Stirling to visit Stirling Castle. Home to the famous Mary Queen of Scots, but also the area fought and won by the Scots William Wallace and Robert the Bruce

Entrance to Stirling Castle with Queen Mary's Garden Upon entering Stirling castle you can overlook Queen Mary's garden. The newly limestoned building in the background is the Great Hall.

Queen Mary's Gardens A full view of the gardens.

Our Tour Guide Our guide gave us a brief history of Scotland and Stirling Castle.

Me in the inner close The brief tour was over and we are ready to tour on our own.

Michael in the inner close It was very cold and windy so when we were on our own we headed inside.

The Great Hall The Great Hall is where the king and queens thrones set and they presided over their court and held banquets.

Royal Thrones inside the Great Hall Trying to get the expanse of ceiling to floor with the thrones and the royal crest, we had to stand for a long time to photograph the thrones without people in the view.

Royal View of the Great Hall This is the view the king and queen would have had while sitting on the throne.

Royal Residence - the Palace The home to many Scottish king and queens.

Queen's Chambers The Queen's chambers was very large. Click the picture to see an artist drawing of what it looked like in Queen Mary's time (136K).

Royal View to the left of the palace door The view of Mary's Garden and the entrance courtyard further left.

Royal View to the right of the door Just a view of the countryside from the palace exit to Mary's gardens.

Stirling security The security of the castle was from being built high atop the remains of volcanic stone.

View of Wallace Monument Wallace Monument in the distance as seen from Stirling Castle.

Wallace Monument Wallace Monument with a statue to Braveheart in the front.

Stirling Castle The Great Hall really stands out in this view of Stirling castle from the Wallace Monument.

The North Sea Looking out over the North Sea from St. Andrews.

St. Andrews Club House Golf lovers heaven...it was very cold, windy and rainy when we were there...but there were brave souls that golfed anyway!