Day 4 - Edinburgh- 12 May 2009

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Oh, how tempting!!!!

This morning we toured the Royal Yaught Britannia, the home away from home to Her Majesty The Queen and the Royal Family.

Alexander III, King of Scotland, died in a fall from his horse in the dark while riding to visit the queen at Kinghorn in Fife on 19 March 1286, having spent the evening at Edinburgh Castle overseeing a meeting with royal advisors. He was advised by them not to make the journey over to Fife because of weather conditions, but travelled anyway. Alexander became separated from his guides and it is assumed that in the dark his horse lost its footing. The 44-year old king was found dead on the shore the following morning with a broken neck. Some texts have said that he fell off a cliff. Although there is no cliff at the site where his body was found there is a very steep rocky embankment - which would have been fatal in the dark. After Alexander's death, his strong realm was plunged into a period of darkness that would eventually lead to war with England.

Shown here is the location where his body was found.

Here is a view looking up the embankment where he fell to his death.

Beautiful scenery while driving to St. Andrews.

St Andrews is known widely as the "home of golf". We had to stop and take a couple of pictures for the album.



On the beach across from St. Andrews Golf Resort.



The remains of St. Andrews Cathedral.

Alexandra, Nichole, and Mama C.J.



This is the amazing Cambo castle we stayed at in St. Andrews.

Of course, there is a pub just around every corner. Having no vehicle to get there, we decided we would have a little walk into town. It took a little while but we finally made it.

Everyone we met in the pubs were eager to talk to us. The rest of the gang was in the back waiting on me to order food but I was up front talking to Andrew (on the left) and Dennis (on the right).

We had a few already. Nichole, Me, Mama C.J., Alexandra, and Bartender Mick. The one thing we didn't really consider was having no flashlight and having to walk back through the backroads back to the castle. It was a very fun walk back.