Day 6, Part 2: Sunday, June 11, 2000

               

Then we drove into St. Andrews. We walked on the fairway of the first hole. We walked down to the St. Andrews Castle ruins (built around 1200). It was built by the bishops of St. Andrews. Many reformers were held in the dungeons of the castle during the Reformation.

We walked from there to the St. Andrews Cathedral ruins. This is what I remember from the displays: The cathedral was built by the resident bishop in the 12th century. It was nearly complete, but a violent storm came up and lightning hit the cathedral. There was severe damage. The next bishop repaired the cathedral, but it soon was destroyed by fire. Now there is the outline of the cathedral along with some walls that are still standing. The grounds around where the cathedral would have been are being used as a cemetary.

We arrived at the Edinburgh hotel at 4:30 p.m. We went to a Scottish evening with Highland dancers, bagpiper, accordion player, the ceremony of the Haggis, and dinner. We ate haggis. Haggis can best be compared to sausage without the casing: very spicey combination of mutton and oatmeal. Not disgusting like it is usually described -- though it isn't something I would want every day.