August 13, 2019 Vienna to Edinburgh to Stirling, Scotland

After our hotel breakfast, we took the airport shuttle/car to the airport.  And just like that, we were on a plane to Scotland and cooler weather.  We flew Easy Jet airline into Edinburgh.  We took a tram from the airport to the train station for the connection to Sterling, Scotland.  We found out yesterday that Edinburgh was having a month long festival.  We hate crowds and planned to get out of the city right away. 

the airline actually had a cart with cosmetics to sell, as if they didn't already have enough to do

Edinburgh castle as we passed it

Edinburgh castle

our first bagpipe

We had reservations at the Stirling Highland Hotel.  The building was a Victorian 19th century school that was converted to a hotel with a restaurant, observatory and spa.  I insisted that we walk to the hotel and not get a taxi since it was close.  But I didn’t realize it was uphill all the way.  We spent the day walking around the town.  Dave found a place to get his hair cut and I had my glasses fixed.  We stopped at a restaurant for dinner and had a few drinks back at the hotel to round out the day.

the Stirling Hotel