Slowly, but surely, I'm getting some pictures up. These computers are hellas slow though... it took close to 5 minutes just to upload the first set of five, so for now I'll probably just go with my favorites, viewable here. You'll have to wade through the pictures from London first, but since I've only seen a few comments on those, I don't feel bad for you at all.
Somehow during the course of the day yesterday, I managed to turn my alarm off. When I finally got tired of tossing and turning this morning, I looked at my watch and saw that it was 11:30, which meant that Stirling Castle was definitely out of the picture. Bummer! So I ended up wandering around the town instead. Went through the Princes Street Gardens, caught part of an archery tournament (which turned out to be the finals in the Archery World Cup, for recurve & compound bows) and saw history made, albeit in an unfortunate fashion; the American finished second, making his Italian competitor the first guy ever to repeat as world champion. I think tomorrow is either the team events or whatever bow they weren't shooting today, and I hope to catch some of that as well. When they finished up I climbed to the top of the Sir Walter Scott Monument, which was pretty crazy. It had less steps than the Fire Monument in London, as well as multiple levels that you could stop off on, but the stairs were much more narrow as well... I actually barely fit through the door on the top level. Great views from the top, though. After that it was up to Calton Hill, home of the Nelson Monument, the old observatory, and the Scottish National Monument, which for some reason looks Greek. Paid a brief visit to the Old Calton Cemetery to see David Hume, then made my way back to the hostel to rest up. I think tonight I may just grab dinner from a grocery store, and save the Frankenstein Pub for tomorrow, after more archery and before Arthur's Seat.
I may post again tomorrow, but don't expect anything until Oban or Dublin.
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