Week 3: Sterling, Ghosts, and Loch Lomond

Week 3 has been a blast in Edinburgh. On Monday I went to the city Sterling with my some of the people in my program and we saw Sterling Castle. Part of the castle was closed for renovation but the parts we did see were very cool. Unfortunately Tuesday and Wednesday of this past week I came down with a nasty sinus infection and stayed inside and in bed mostly.

On Thursday we got to meet the Member of UK Parliament for the Edinburgh region and I also met with my MSP, Rob Gibson, a member of the SNP party. He represents the Highlands and Islands and seems like a really great and knowledgeable guy. I'm really looking forward to working with him.

Here is his info from the Scottish Parliament website: Rob Gibson

Then Friday night I went on a ghost/historical tour of the vaults under the South Bridge. It was very interesting to be able to go under Edinburgh to see everything. That was until the guy dressed as a werewolf/vampire jumped out at us.

On Saturday I took a train to Loch Lomand (The one that the "You take the high road" song is written after, the song is in the youtube video above). The Loch is the largest in the UK and we spent the afternoon canoeing around and visiting the smaller islands on it. We had a chance to walk up to the top of the central island to get a good view of Ben Lomand and the surrounding countryside.

I've put some pictures upon Flickr from Sterling Castle and Loch Lomond: