Stirling Castle

One more castle to see…

After 2 years of living in Scotland, we’ve hit a lot of the castles we’ve wanted to see, but Stirling Castle was still on the list.  It’s about 2 1/2 hours away, and we chose a perfectly lovely day to go, if I say so myself!  Similar to Edinburgh Castle, Stirling is set on a big hill and is a mini-city with lots of cool nooks and crannies.  We really enjoyed it, though Rebekah thought “it looked like a bunch of stores” {????} more than a castle.  Hmmm.  Anyway, I loved watching Rebekah and Luke climb everything in sight and have such a good time roaming.

View from the castle {you can see the Wallace Monument}

My boys

The cannons

Another great view

Part of the castle

Luke leading the way

Another part of the castle

And another

Inside the Great Hall

My boys again- Luke loves a good perch.

Beks and her daddy

Luke was yelling "wheee!" while a tour group was walking through...

More castle

My sweet boy {you can see the Wallace Monument on the left}

The kitchens

Luke was very excited about the "movie" about the kitchen

Loo k at that..

Climbing

At the summit

Josh looked up a great little place called Henderson’s Bistro we would highly recommend for lunch!

Josh loved his steak pie

The city itself was also very charming and worth a few hours of roaming.  *Plus, on the way home, we hit Doune Castle where they filmed parts of Monty Python and the Holy Grail!  Pics coming in the next few days!