I met them at the train station in Stirling and was sooooooo excited to see them!! I hadn't seen any family for 5 weeks, so I think it's easy to say I was due!!
I met them after security at the Stirling Train station, and I was SOO excited to see them!! So with hello's over we headed to the bus. We took the bus to thier ADORABLE Bed and Breakfast in Stirling. They stayed at the "Old Tram House" on Causewayhead road just a 15-20 min walk to my University. We met the owner there named Allison, who was adorable. The B&B was really cute, she even made bunk beds cute! lol.
So they dropped their luggage and then we headed out to the University. We decided to walk, since it is literally just around the corner. We got to campus and I showed them my shoebox dorm, and then the 2 buildings on campus that I spend time in. We walked down by the loch, and there were a few swans that actually got really close to us!!
The campus pub called Studio and our "Starbucks". It was really funny, in every place that I took them, we saw one of my friends. It was totally coincidental, but really funny.
So after we spent a little time on campus we decided to go to dinner. We invited Allie and Amanda, but only Allie was able to come with us. We went to Filling Station, a restraunt downtown. It has a very similar feel to BJ's. So that was really good. Then Michael (Allie's Bf) joined us for desserts! DELICIOUS!!!
Sunday
Sunday started with the intention to get to Edinburgh bright and early. But seeing as this was really my first Sunday trying to do ANYTHING off campus, I didn't know that the buses don't run regularly until 11. Or that the Trains don't run with near frequency on Sunday. Or that the Mall wouldn't be open until 11 on Sunday!!
So I told Dad and Janice I'd meet them at thier Bed and Breakfast at 8:30, but that didn't happen. I went to the bus stop on campus, and waited there for a few mins, and saw buses don't even start running until 11. So I walked to thier B&B. When I got there we decided to call a taxi to take us to the train station. So we got to the train station and had JUST missed the train we wanted to be on, so we had to wait an hour. We walked into the "downtown" part of Stirling. Which isn't much more of a "downtown" than downtown Minden....hahah.
We walked in to the mall, and it wasn't even open yet. but we did know that there was a coffee shop open down the street. We went to Cafe Nero, which proved to be not the worst cup of coffee in Stirling. It was actually pretty good!!
We waited til we needed to get to the train station and left Cafe Nero.
We got to the train station with about 3 mins to spare and then got on the train to Edinburgh.
I met them after security at the Stirling Train station, and I was SOO excited to see them!! So with hello's over we headed to the bus. We took the bus to thier ADORABLE Bed and Breakfast in Stirling. They stayed at the "Old Tram House" on Causewayhead road just a 15-20 min walk to my University. We met the owner there named Allison, who was adorable. The B&B was really cute, she even made bunk beds cute! lol.
So they dropped their luggage and then we headed out to the University. We decided to walk, since it is literally just around the corner. We got to campus and I showed them my shoebox dorm, and then the 2 buildings on campus that I spend time in. We walked down by the loch, and there were a few swans that actually got really close to us!!
The campus pub called Studio and our "Starbucks". It was really funny, in every place that I took them, we saw one of my friends. It was totally coincidental, but really funny.
So after we spent a little time on campus we decided to go to dinner. We invited Allie and Amanda, but only Allie was able to come with us. We went to Filling Station, a restraunt downtown. It has a very similar feel to BJ's. So that was really good. Then Michael (Allie's Bf) joined us for desserts! DELICIOUS!!!
Sunday
Sunday started with the intention to get to Edinburgh bright and early. But seeing as this was really my first Sunday trying to do ANYTHING off campus, I didn't know that the buses don't run regularly until 11. Or that the Trains don't run with near frequency on Sunday. Or that the Mall wouldn't be open until 11 on Sunday!!
So I told Dad and Janice I'd meet them at thier Bed and Breakfast at 8:30, but that didn't happen. I went to the bus stop on campus, and waited there for a few mins, and saw buses don't even start running until 11. So I walked to thier B&B. When I got there we decided to call a taxi to take us to the train station. So we got to the train station and had JUST missed the train we wanted to be on, so we had to wait an hour. We walked into the "downtown" part of Stirling. Which isn't much more of a "downtown" than downtown Minden....hahah.
We walked in to the mall, and it wasn't even open yet. but we did know that there was a coffee shop open down the street. We went to Cafe Nero, which proved to be not the worst cup of coffee in Stirling. It was actually pretty good!!
We waited til we needed to get to the train station and left Cafe Nero.
We got to the train station with about 3 mins to spare and then got on the train to Edinburgh.
looks like you had a great time! I can't wait to see all this for myself!
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