Spending the day in one of my favorite towns today, St. Andrews! The last time I was in Scotland, I fell in love with it. It is small, quiet, and beautiful.
We began our day in St. Andrews at the Cathedral. Unfortunately the tower with the observation deck to see the views of the town was closed so we missed out on seeing that. Paige, Jake, and I walked around the graveyard and explored the different parts of the Cathedral before heading to the Castle that was just a short walk away and allowed for lovely views of the North Sea.
The Castle in St. Andrews is small, but that does not mean that it is not interesting. We found areas where you could look down into the dungeons and also crawl into the underground mines. Way too claustrophobic in there!
After we were done at the Castle, we decided to make our way down to the golf course, because after all, St. Andrews is the home of golf! It was nice that we visited on a Sunday because golf is not played on these days. Although there were many signs on the course saying to keep off, we decided to venture out onto the course anyway, because many others were out there also. We stopped for photo ops at the famous 18th hole bridge on the Old Course and also found one of the giant bunkers, that was roped off, but I still decided to jump into it. Those bunkers are huge! After we were done at the Old Course we then made our way to the beach area. I was the only one brave enough to take off my shoes and test to see how cold the water was. It is fun to say that I was able to stand in the North Sea! The water was not as cold as I was initially expecting it to be, but I still would not volunteer to take a swim in the Sea as others were doing.
We still had some time to kill before we were to meet back at the Cathedral to grab the bus back to Edinburgh so we decided to just walk the streets of St. Andrews. We passed many of the buildings that house different classes for the University of St. Andrews, saw a wedding take place (and yes the women actually do wear those crazy fascinator hats), and then grabbed a quick lunch at the North Point Cafe which is where Prince William and Kate Middleton first met while studying at the University. How many people can say that they did that?!
On the way back to Edinburgh, we stopped in the town of Queensferry to take pictures of the Firth of Forth railway bridge. The bridge has amazing architecture, and is said by some to be a landmark instantly recognized in Scotland.
Once we got back to Edinburgh, we once again headed to The Abby to grab dinner and catch up on the Olympics.
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