Day 7: Highland Games!

Today we experienced the Scotland Highland Games in Bridge of Allen with a visit to Stirling to see the iconic castle atop the mountain.

We all ubered to the bus around 6:30 and had to speed walk to other side of the street where we eventually found the stop. The bus ride took around an hour and a half and we had a 10 minute walk to the Highland Games. My personal favorite part was the Highland Dancers they had dancers of all ages to as young as about five years old! 

After that we had to make the trek to our train station about 25 minutes away but we saw some of the most beautiful houses along the way with some very impressive gardens! We visited Sterling castle which had to be the best part of the day in my opinion. Seeing their chambers all made up with actors was so fun and refreshing! 

When we got back to Edinburgh, we split up into groups to experience different shows at the Fringe. One group went to a cafe to get some food and then went to one of the shows! It was a super funny and interactive murder mystery based on the old tv show “murder she wrote”. I would give it a 10/10!

The other group went to one of the shows which  was a surprise! Without proper signage, or direction, some of us were sent to the wrong show. We were given a great example of some of the mistakes that happen within these big events and festivals.