Meusum Muesum Museum Overload

Okay where were we last? Oh yes, in Scotland. Were we in Stirling? Did we talk about Stirling Castle yet? No, okay.

Stirling Castle was pretty cool. It was kinda like Hampden Court Palace but for the Stuart Kings of Scotland rather than the Tudors of England. The great hall also reminds me of Hampden Court because their both big grand halls and the one at Stirling is the biggest of its kind in Scotland. They completely restored it by building a whole new roof because the army used it as a barracks for the last few hundred years. In the Chapel Royal (built specially for the baptism of Prince Henry the prince of wales at the time) they have three brand new tapestries from the Hunt for the Unicorn series. They're really brightly coloured and vibrant, especially compared with the old decrepid tapestries you see everywhere else. There is a tapestry studio on site where they are hand weaving the next panel in the series (7 panels in all) and they're not going to be done until 2011 (or something).

We almost had haggis the night before, but it was not meant to be. We had psyched ourselves up and were all ready to share a haggis starter at a haunted pub (yes that's right, haunted, as in with ghosts). But when we came to order they were all out of haggis!!! Must be a popular dish! I (Jeremy) had a burger instead and when it came it was absolutely massive. The meat pattie was the same diameter as a normal one but it was pretty much as thick as it was wide! I should've taken a photo but, alas, we didn't have the camera with us. Otherwise we'd be one of those tourists that take photos of their food.

So that ended our great Scotland adventure. We're now back in London and totally exhausted after a day at the British Museum (got the spelling right that time). We didn't even managed to see half of the galleries! We got a guided tour which was so worth it, but the guide took us through maybe a dozen rooms and the tour lasted 90minutes!!! We saw the Parthenon scuptures, Egyption mummies, the Lewis chess set (from Harry Potter, you know, when they play life size Wizard's Chess), plus a million other things that we can't even remember. We saw heaps of Egyption stone statues and Greek pots, roman mosiacs, celtic artefacts and much much more. We'll have to go back and I think we'll make it a point to do the British Musuem every time we're in London. Maybe in a years time we'll have seen most of it.

Last night we managed to catch a special service at Westminster Abbey. It was special because we got to see Sarah singing in her Wellington Choir which was visiting the abbey. We went out for a drink at a pub and then dinner after and it was great to catch up with her.

Ooh, ooh, almost forgot. Before seeing Sarah we went to Hamley's a giant giant toystore. It was really cool (since we obviously haven't grown up) and had 4 floors (and a basement) filled with all sorts of toys. They even had a 'Make your own Teddy Bear' thing. We wanted to buy lots of stuff be we can't really afford to lug any more stuff around on our backs. Our packs already weigh a tonne.

Okay, thats all for now folks.